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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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b. 14

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

A slur in GE (→FE→EE)

Possible reading of A
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The slur in A is written inaccurately. For the edited text we adopt the interpretation of GE (→FE→EE), which may have been accepted by Chopin.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 14-15

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

A slur in A

A corrected slur in  GE (→FE→EE)
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The slur in A was corrected, probably by Chopin, in GE. It is difficult to decide whether that signified a change in suggested performance of that detail or was simply a correction of the inaccurately written sign.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 14

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

The sextuplet slur in A (→GE→FE→EE)

The slur in  GE (→FE→EE)
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 15

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

The slurs in A

GE (→FE→EE)
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Chopin wrote his slurs in A with extra care, he even lengthened the first slur visibly. Nonetheless, the slurs were printed in a distorted form in GE (→FE→EE).  

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Corrections in A

b. 16-17

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

Literal reading of the slurs of A

Slurs in GE (→FE→EE)
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When read literally in A, the slurs in the indicated place and at the transition point between bar 16 and bar 17 do not reach the last notes in three-note motifs. This was recognized as an instance of inaccurate notation and correctly interpreted already in GE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A