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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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Issues : Annotations in teaching copies

b. 38

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

A dot extending the value of the note in A (→GE2)

No dot in GE1 (→FE→EE)

A variant written into FEJ

A variant written into GET
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In GE1 (→FE→EE) the dot extending b1 in the lower voice was omitted. Chopin extended the melodic movement of that voice in two different ways in FEJ and GET.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Annotations in FEJ , Annotations in GET

b. 38

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

Fingering of GET (entered together with a variant)

The editors' suggestion

No teaching fingering
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The fingering written into GET may be used in any of the source versions of that bar; therefore, we also give it in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in GET

b. 39-40

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

Fingering written into FES

No teaching fingering provided
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 41

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

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In A (→GE1) there is no  raising A flat1 to A1. This inaccuracy was corrected in FE (→EE) and GE2. The natural was also added in GET.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Accidentals in different octaves , Omission of current key accidentals , Annotations in GET

b. 44

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

Fingering written into FES

No teaching fingering provided 
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES