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Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 88

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Staccato in A

No mark in FE (→GE,EE)
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The missing staccato dot is most probably an oversight by the engraver of FE (→GE,EE), perhaps provoked by an erroneous interpretation of the slurs – see the note at the end of b. 87.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 95

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Dots & slur in A

No marks in FE (→GE,EE)
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The missing slur and dots in the bottom R.H. voice must be an oversight by the engraver of FE (→GE,EE), unnoticed by proofreading Chopin – see the note in the 2nd half of the bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 98

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

in A

No marking in FE (→GE,EE)
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It is difficult to say whether the  indication was omitted by FE (→GE,EE) due to a proofreading intervention, probably performed by Chopin, or whether we are dealing with an oversight by the engraver. Nevertheless, we acknowledge this change as probably having been accepted by the composer, who introduced a number of changes to this and the adjacent bars while proofreading FE1, including added performance markings – see notes to b. 95-99 and 99 and 103-105 as well.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 102-104

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

2  & 4  in A

3  in FE (→GE,EE)
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Out of the six  and  marks present in A, the editions reproduced only three, two of them in b. 103 inaccurately – in A, the marks in b. 102 are clearly longer than in the next ones. In our transcription, we convey it by interpreting the marks in b. 103-104 as long accents, since in spite of their significant size, they concern only the g1-g2 minims (in b. 102 they reach as far as the f1-f2 minims). Anyways, all these markings dynamically and expressively emphasise the g1-g2 minims; it is possible to vary the manner in which it will be achieved, which we, however, leave to the discretion of the performer.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 104

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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FE (→GE1→GE2) overlooked the  raising f1 to f1. The patent mistake of the engraver was corrected by EE, GE1a and GE3 (→GE4).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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