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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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b. 21-22

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

Slurs added by Chopin in the proofing of FE (→EE)

The earlier version of A (→GE)
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 22-24

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

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Beginning the slur from the crotchet e flat2 ​in the middle of bar  22 is not precisely notated in A, but in this context it is doubtless. Nonetheless, in GE (→FE→EE) the slur begins from the next bar (which, due to sustained e flat2 , has no practical meaning anyway).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 25-27

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

A slur in A

GE

FE (→EE)
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The earlier beginning of the slur in GE is probably the example of reading the manuscript markings in a certain  manner characteristic for GE. Connecting that slur with the next one in FE (→EE) must be the result of Chopin's correction of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 26-30

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

Without any slurs in A (→GE→FE→EE1)

Slurs added in EE3
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In EE3 slurs in the left hand were arbitrarily added. Those slurs contradict the authentic slurs given in bar 1 as a pattern to be followed throughout the entire Nocturne.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 26-27

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

A more probable interpretation of the slur of A (→GE)

The slur of FE (→EE) corrected by Chopin.
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The slur in A ends in the manner that allows for two interpretations: either the slur extends to the last note of bar  26 or to the a flat1 at the beginning of bar 27. The second interpretation, in our opinion being more likely, was adopted in GE. In the main text we give the slur in the version corrected by Chopin in FE (→EE).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Authentic corrections of FE