Issues : Authentic corrections of FE
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b. 103-105
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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In the main text, we give the version with chords, introduced most probably by Chopin into FE (→GE,EE). category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations |
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b. 106-107
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The change of slurring in these and the next bars must be coming from Chopin. According to us, the aim was to replace the shorter slurs of A with longer ones, which, however, was marked or implemented inaccurately in the discussed bars, hence the second of the original slurs (supposed to be removed) was left untouched. A similar phenomenon is to be found in, e.g. the Concerto in E minor, Op. 11, III mov., b. 179-181. In Chopin's autographs, one can find numerous examples for prolonging or combining initially written shorter slurs, e.g. in b. 112-114 of the Ballade, in the Mazurka in A category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions |
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b. 107
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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As in the previous phrase, Chopin replaced the initial short slurs of A with one longer slur while proofreading FE (→GE,EE). category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Authentic corrections of FE |
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b. 110-111
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The fact that the top note of the 5th L.H. crotchet is to be held must be a Chopinesque addition introduced in the stage of proofreading FE (→GE,EE) into both these bars. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Authentic corrections of FE |
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b. 112
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The change to the rhythmic value of a1, from crotchet to minim, could have been introduced by the reviser to fill the 1st half of the bar in the bottom-most voice. Due to the same reason, he should have also prolonged the c category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Authentic corrections of FE , FE revisions |
major, Op. 24 No. 3, b. 
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