Slurs
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b. 33
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composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major
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In EE each of the two small grace notes is linked to its main note with a separate slur. This is either an arbitrary addition or simply a mistake. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions |
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b. 34
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composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major
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The extent of the slur in A is not quite clear if we take into account the notation of the 3rd quaver before it was deleted and changed (the slurs had probably been written before the correction was made). In the editions that slur was read "literally". We accept that as not in contradiction with the notation of A, and in any case most probably accepted by Chopin. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A |
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b. 34
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composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major
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The slur in A, although quite precisely drawn, was written before the 3rd quaver of that bar was changed. In the graphic layout that resulted from that change, the interpretation of the slur as in GE (→FE→EE) also seems acceptable. Reviewing GE and FE Chopin could have accepted that longer slur as well. See the neighbouring remark. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources |
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b. 35
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composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major
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In our opinion, only the semiquaver triplet with dots (meaning portato.articulation in this context) is furnished with a slur Cf. similar motifs in bars 11 and 15, and a remark related to the second slur in this bar. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A |
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b. 35-36
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composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major
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In A, the slur is drawn carelessly and it is not certain whether Chopin intended it to embrace the second d2-e2 or not. Neither are we sure whether the slur was supposed to end in that bar or at the beginning of the subsequent bar. This inaccurate slur ending was also reproduced in GE (→FE→EE).
For the main text we adopt the most probable interpretation of the slur in A. The earlier beginning of that slur, as visible in the editions, may be treated as a variant. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A |
