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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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Issues : Authentic post-publication changes and variants

b. 49

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

D flat in A (→GE→FE→EE)

An octave sign written into FED
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The sense and authenticity of this sign in FED is doubtless, yet due to the much more powerful and longer-sounding bass register of contemporary pianos this variant may only be used with utmost caution. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Authentic post-publication changes and variants , Bass register changes , Abbreviated octaves' notation

b. 49-50

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

Dynamic markings in A (→GE→FE→EE)

 added in FED, FEJ, FES

 and  in FEFr

The editors' proposal
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We perceive the indication  in bar 50, added by Chopin in the three teaching copies and written into FEFr, to be part of a definitive change of the dynamic concept in several fragments of the Nocturne (cf. bars 25-26, 45-46, 52). The   noted by Franchomme in FEFr naturally supplements that change.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Annotations in FES , Annotations in FEFr , Authentic post-publication changes and variants , Annotations in FEJ

b. 49-50

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

Without an entry from the teaching copy

A complete entry in FES

A possible interpretation of the entry

A less possible interpretation of the entry
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The meaning of the slur entered into FES is not clear. One of the possible interpretations is a variant in the form of a run filling the octave leap of the melody. If we take into account the hardly legible sign in bar 50 and perceive it as the digit 8, we may conclude that the run goes up to c4.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES , Authentic post-publication changes and variants

b. 51

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

A grace note added in FED

No grace note in A (→GE→FE→EE)

Our suggestion - grace note as a variant.
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The grace note in FED definitely indicates the manner to begin a trill. This allows us to read it, despite unclear notation, as a c2. We add a cautionary natural because of c flat1 in the L.H. part.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Authentic post-publication changes and variants

b. 52

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

con forza in A (→GE→FE→EE)

Deleted in FES and removed from FEFr

Probable reading of the entry in FEJ

The variant proposal of the editors
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The indication con forza occurring in A (→GE>FE→EE) was deleted by Chopin in FEJ and FES, and removed by Franchomme from FEFr. We perceive those actions as the part of the radically altered concept for the dynamics in that part of the Nocturne (see bars 49-50). We also suggest the possibility of taking into account the somewhat unclear entry in FEJ.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES , Annotations in FEFr , Authentic post-publication changes and variants , Annotations in FEJ