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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 40-44

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

cresc. in A in bars  40-44

GE bars 40-42

FE bars 41-44

EE bars 41-44
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In A cresc. begins in bar 40 and reaches the end of bar 44. In GE the dashes are missing from bars 43-44, which is certainly a mistake, as Chopin reintroduced them in the proofing of FE (→EE). Moreover, in the same proofing he moved the beginning of the cresc. to bar 41. In EE the indication is written out in full, broken into syllables in bars 41-43.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 41-43

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

 in A

GE1

GE2

Accents in FE

EE
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To highlight bass notes, in A Chopin used three  signs mid-bar in all those bars. In GE, the first sign was omitted, most probably by accident. In the proofing of FE Chopin removed the remaining two, adding instead an accent under each 1st note of each figure - the total of 6 signs. In EE, some of them were changed into vertical accents.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 45-48

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

No pedalling in A (→GE)

Pedalling added in  FE (→EE)
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In A (→GE) pedalling stops in bar 45 (Chopin began to write it in again halfway through bar 57). In the proofing of FE (→EE) Chopin supplemented the markings in bars 45-52.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 49-52

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

Pedalling in FE (→EE)

No pedal marks in A (→GE)
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Chopin added pedal markings when proofing FE (-EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 52

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

No cautionary accidentals in A

 in GE1

 and  in FE (-EE) and GE2
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A has no accidentals before the 4th, 11th and 16th note of the 2nd half of the bar, which results in c3 and twice c flat4. GE has an added http://sm.multimatechopin.com/uploads/ckeditor/images/BEMO.png before the last one of those notes. In the proofing of FE (→EE), and also in GE2 a    was added before c3 and a  moved and placed before the preceding c flat4. According to the rules of chromatic spelling, all those notations result in the same text.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE