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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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Issues : Triplet slurs

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. 75

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

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Erasures visible in A over the R.H. part seem to confirm that Chopin removed the earlier markings, including staccato dots over each one of the sixths and two half-bar slurs. 

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Triplet slurs