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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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Issues : Corrections in A

b. 44

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

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In A the second part of the bar was initially notated without the enharmonic change to the sharp key.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A

b. 60-61

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

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The traces of erasing visible in A still allow us to decipher that initially the 4 bass notes in those bars had been A flat-A flat-A flat-A flat1. Eventually Chopin changed them in A to A flat1-A flat-A flat1-A flat. Cf. similar alterations of the same notes in the Polonaise in C sharp minor Op. 26 no. 1, bars 45 and 52-53. Cf. later overlapping changes in teaching copies.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 75

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

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Erasures visible in A over the R.H. part seem to confirm that Chopin removed the earlier markings, including staccato dots over each one of the sixths and two half-bar slurs. 

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Triplet slurs