mUltimate Chopin

Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

Text Compare Notes Sources Description

Issues : Inaccuracies in FE

b. 40

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

A dot in A (→GE)

Absence of any sign in FE (→EE)
..

A dot over the last quaver, entered in A (→GE), is barely visible in FE and looks like a trace of removal of a dot once printed there. The sign is absent altogether from EE . It seems improbable that the version with a dot just over the first of the two quavers could correspond to Chopin's intentions  – cf. similar motifs in bars 17, 37 and 41.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 44

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

2 dots in GE

1 dot in FE (→EE)
..

The staccato wedges, quite clear in A, were interpreted as dots in  GE (→FE→EE); what is more, FE (→EE) only has the first dot printed. We give both wedges of  A and suggest adding an analogous wedge over the last chord of the bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 44

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

..

In FE the crotchet g flat3 together with its grace note are moved to the left, so that the crotchet falls over the 2nd semiquaver of the left hand.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 55

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

A dot in A (→GE)

No dot in FE (→EE)
..

A missing dot over the 1st semiquaver of the 2nd half of the bar is probably due to oversight of the engraver of FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 57

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

A long accent in A (→GE)

A short accent in  FE (→EE)
..

A long accent from A (→GE) was reproduced in FE (→EE) as a short one. This is certainly the engraver's inaccuracy.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE