F. Chopin

Performance of Nocturne No. 20

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Opening post by ClaudiaVrenna

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Good morning...

I have been playing Chopin's Nocturne No. 20 for some time now, but a doubt has arisen regarding a small detail.....

There are several editions ...in some of these the C# in the seventh measure is slurred to the other C#, while in others it should be repeated

Performance advice?

thanks

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Reply 2 by Andry

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Keep in mind that it is a posthumous work and as such there is no 'exact' version; that being said, in the urtext version it must be struck again and even strongly since there is a nice crescendo underneath; sincerely, I find it a beautiful nuance but my opinion doesn't matter, what I can tell you though is that there are certainly measures that are much more problematic in terms of interpretation.

p.s. in the cited version, the measure you are referring to is number 4 instead of 7 because the first 4 measures are combined into a single one.

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Reply 3 by ClaudiaVrenna

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Yes, it's certainly not a problematic joke, on the contrary....

But since I have finished studying it, I wanted to clarify this little thought that occurred to me, anyway thanks ..

I don't know that version, I will go and see... mine is Outremontaises

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