Issues : Inaccurate slurs in A
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b. 43
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composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major
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When read literally, the slur in A begins from the second semiquaver. However, it is almost sure that Chopin had in mind the same slur as the one in bar 42. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness issues: Inaccurate slurs in A |
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b. 45-46
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composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major
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Although the slur in A fails to reach f2 in bar 46, but its shape suggests it should end on that note. The notation is not quite clear, so it is difficult to blame the engraver of GE (→FE→EE) for interpreting the slur in a different way. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A |
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b. 46-47
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composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major
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The slur is drawn inaccurately in A and poses interpretation difficulties, particularly its right end. For reasons discussed in notes to bars 2-3 and 26-27 we consider it more probable that it was supposed to reach a flat1 . In the editions, that slur embraces only bar 46. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A |
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b. 47-48
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composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major
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The moment of beginning the slur in A is unclear; from the graphic point of view both options seem likely, yet the comparison with analogous bars 3 and 27 makes us decide in favour of a longer slur, in line with the interpretation contained in the editions. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A |
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b. 56
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composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major
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The right end of the slur in A fails to embrace the last note of the motif, and this is how that fragment was interpreted in GE1 (→FE→EE). In GE2, the slur was made longer so as to include the note not originally embraced but only pointed to by its right end. In our opinion that latter interpretation is probably consistent with Chopin's intention. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A |
