Issues : EE revisions

b. 1

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

The title and dedication according to GE (→FE)

The title and dedication of A after inclusion of the probable contents of the lost title page for the entire opus

Elements added in EE

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There are certain differences between the sources in the wording of the title given to the entire opus and to that particular Nocturne. EE is the most arbitrary in that respect, containing a sentimental and definitely inauthentic title "Les Plaintives".

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Dedications , Various titles

b. 2-6

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

No slurs in the left hand in A (→GEFE)

The slurs arbitrarily added in EE

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In EE, slurs were added in the left hand in those bars. This is definitely the editor's revision that was supposed to emphasize that slurring was binding throughout the entire Nocturne. EE also introduced similar revisions in bars 16 & 31.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 2

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

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In GE (→FE) Chopin's dolce was replaced with the abbreviation dol. In EE the full name of the term was restored.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 4

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

Without an accent in A (→GEFE)

A long accent added in EE

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In EE, a long accent was added under b flat2, probably on the basis of the sign visible in FE in analogous bar 28.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 11

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

A slur in A & EE3

A shorter slur in GE

No slur in FE (→EE1)

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In the edited text we give the most natural reading of the slur of A. The slur in GE may be considered as its less natural interpretation. The concordance of the slur added in EE3 with the slur in A is accidental, as the corrections of that edition [EE] had GE as the starting point.

In FE the last two triplets of the R.H. semiquavers were mistakenly placed over the three last notes of the left hand part. FES has signs written into the score that indicate the correct synchronisation of both hands.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GE