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b. 136-137

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Different slurs in A (→FE,GC→GE)

Slurs in bar 137 in EE

Slurs from bar 136 suggested by the editors
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In the first in a new line bar 137, A has slurs beginning from the first crotchet in both the R.H. and L.H. In bar 136, however, a slur is written, starting from the last quaver. We consider it as binding and interpret as a continuous slur after the analogous bars 111-112. Consequently, in the main text we give an analogous slur in the L.H. part as well. The slurs in A – from bar 136 in the R.H., and from bar 137 in the L.H. – are to be found in all remaining sources except for EE which has both slurs beginning in bar 137.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Inaccurate slurs in A , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 136

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

3 staccato dots in A (probable reading→EE) & GE

2 dots in GC

3 wedges in A, possible reading

2 wedges in FE
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It is not entirely clear what staccato marks were intened by Chopin in this bar. They resemble dots In A despite being bigger than usual – possibly Chopin emboldened them to make them better visible, or changed wedges for dots. FE read them as wedges (except for the omitted L.H. mark), GC and EE – as dots (in the copy the L.H. mark was omitted, and reinstated in GE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Wedges , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 136

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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There is no  lowering e3 to e3 in the first R.H. chord in A (→FE1,GC→GE). The error was corrected in FE2 (→FE3) and EE.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Errors of GC , Errors repeated in FE

b. 136-137

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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In the main text we add cautionary flats before e2 and e1 in bar 136 and B1-B in bar 137. The signs were added already in GE and EE2. GE also added a cautionary  before b2 in bar 137.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 136-152

composition: Op. 64 No 2, Waltz in C♯ minor

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A cautionary  before d in bars 136 and 152 is absent in A – the signs were added, perhaps at Chopin's request, in the proofreading of FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE