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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 39

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

A short accent in A and EE

A long accent in GE

No accent in  FE
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The accent in A is much shorter than the first sign in this bar. In GE both signs are almost identical - both have the form of short hairpins  and look like long accents. In FE the second sign was omitted, and EE has an ordinary accent instead. The consistency of the version of EE with the notation of A should be treated as a happy coincidence, as that edition definitely had no access to the manuscript. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 39-40

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

No accents in  A (→GE)

Accents in FE

EE
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When correcting FE (→EE), Chopin added accents under bass notes in the middle of each of those bars. In EE, a vertical accent was used in bar 40, which is characteristic for that edition. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic post-publication changes and variants

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. 40

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

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Missing in A (→GE1→FE) are the  raising d flat to d sharp and G flat1 to G sharp1. In EE the first one is still missing and the second one is supplemented. GE2 has both sharps.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals

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