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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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Issues : Annotations in FES

b. 45-46

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

Dynamic markings of A

GE

FE

EE

Deletions and additions in FED

Changes written into FEJ

Changes in FES

Changes in FEFr

Our suggestion based on FEJ & FED
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In particular sources, dynamic markings in those bars differ significantly. The version of A reproduced – despite various inaccuracies - in GE (→FE→EE) was later fundamentally changed, which can be seen in energetic deletions and additions in teaching copies and FEFr.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

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

b. 45-46

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

Fingering written into FES

 

No teaching fingering provided
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The fingerings are written in ink in Jane Stirling's hand.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 49

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

The fingering of FES

No teaching fingering provided
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

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