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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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Issues : Inaccuracies in GE

b. 13

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

A wedge in A

A dot in GE (→FE)

No sign in EE
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In EE the staccato indication was overlooked.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 14-15

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

Wedges in A

Dots in GE (→FE→EE)
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Both the third g flat2-b flat2 on the 6th quaver of bar 14 and the sixth d2-b flat2 at the beginning of the second half of bar 15 were marked with wedges by Chopin in A. In GE (→FE→EE) the engraver only used dots to mark staccato in this Nocturne.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

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. 15

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

 from the 2nd semiquaver in A, FE (?) and EE

 from the 1st semiquaver in GE (→FE ?)
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The extent of   in A matches the authentic phrasing. In GE the sign begins earlier, which Chopin perhaps corrected in FE (→EE).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 16-17

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

Wedges in A

Dots in GE (→FE→EE)
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In motifs ending on the highest note Chopin furnished those notes with wedges in A. In GE all those signs were interpreted as dots.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE