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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 52-53

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

Slurs in A (→GE)

A prolonged slur in FE (→EE)

The editors' suggestion - without the 'triplet' slur
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In A (→GE) the articulation-phrasing slur embraces only bar 52. When correcting FE (→EE), Chopin extended it to reach the half of bar 53 and we give that longer slur in the main text.

There is also a slur above the demisemiquaver triplet in the sources. The addition of a long phrasing slur in the proofing of FE reduced the 'triplet' slur to a purely formal function (cf. General editorial principles p. 16), so we remove it from the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Triplet slurs

b. 55

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

 written in by mistake or by a foreign hand in A (→GE1)

 in FE (→EE), GE2 and GET
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A (→GE1) has a cautionary  before the upper note of the last sixth of the triplet, instructing us to read that note as c3. This is obviously a mistake, corrected in the proofing of FE (→EE), GE2 and GET.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Foreign hand additions in manuscripts , Authentic corrections of FE , Annotations in GET

b. 55

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

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In GE, due to lack of free space between the staves, the   mark was  placed partly between the highest notes of the left hand. Because of that, in FE that mark was erroneously placed above the left hand and not under the right hand. The location of the hairpins was later corrected, most probably at Chopin's request.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 59

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

d flat in A (→GE2) and FE (→EE)

f in GE1
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The note f in GE1 is certainly erroneous: this is evidenced by the proofing - probably Chopin's - of FE, in which the d flat written in A was reinstated. The error was also corrected in GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Terzverschreibung error , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 61

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

Without an accent in A (→GE)

An accent appearing in FE (→EE)
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Chopin added the accent under A flat1 when proofing FE (→EE). Cf. bars 39-40. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE