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Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

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Issues : Inaccuracies in GE

b. 3

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

Cresc. hairpins in A

GE

FE (→EE)
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We give the extent of  in line with A. Those hairpins are visibly shorter in GE and FE (→EE).

Cf. the characteristics of GE.

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issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 5

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

A long accent in A (→GE2) and FE

A short accent in GE1 and EE
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The accent over a1 is doubtless a long one in A; this is testified by the change made in GE2 (probably after a repeated analysis of A). The sign in FE is not quite clear, yet it resembles a long accent more than a short one. In spite of that, EE has a short accent over the note in question.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 7-8

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

in A

GE

FE (→EE)

The editors' suggestion
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The sign from A was inaccurately reproduced in GE as clearly shorter on its right side. In FE (→EE) the hairpins were moved, which was most probably connected with the changes of the melody contour introduced by Chopin. In our proposal we combine the two approaches, giving the left-hand side of the hairpins after  FE as better matching the changed melody line with the right-hand side of the hairpins after A  reaching suggestively the culminating point.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 9

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

A long accent in A

A short accent in GE (→FE→EE)
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issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 9

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

The slur given in A

The slur in GE (→FE→EE)
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The extent of the slur in A seems clear here, yet it was interpreted differently in GE (→FE→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE