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b. 61-62

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

2  in A (→FE)

No signs in GC (→GE)

 in EE
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In GC (→GE) there is no  in bar 61, and also in the next one owing to its abbreviated notation. It is probably a result of the copyist's inattention. The hairpin in bar 62 was also overlooked in EE, which can be related to the interpretation of the aforementioned abbreviation.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies , Abbreviated notation of A , Errors of GC

b. 62

composition: Op. 24 No. 4, Mazurka in B♭ minor

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In A, the L.H. part in this bar was marked in an abbreviated manner as a repetition of bar 61.

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issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 62

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In A (→GC) the part of the L.H. was written in an abbreviated form as a repetition of bar 61, which generated a number of misunderstandings in first editions – cf. adjacent notes.

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issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 62-72

composition: Op. 10 No 3, Etude in E major

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In AI the bars are marked as repetition of the respective fragment from the beginning of the Etude. The indication included between bars 61 and 73 – Da capo al segno Mechetti pedal sign  e poi – interpreted literally, requires repetition of almost the entire 1st part of the piece, including bars 1-19. It means that Chopin either decided to shorten the repetition of the theme only while writing A or did not take enough care of a precise indication of the range of repetition, obvious to him, in the draft AI, written hastily. In mUltimate Chopin we adopt – partly due to practical reasons – the second assumption. Taking into account the fact that bars 9-13 are written more precisely in AI than bars 1-5, we assume that the repetition includes the concise section in bars 9-19 (certainly without g1 at the beginning).

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issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 62

composition: WN 37, Lento con gran espressione

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In A1 the L.H. part is marked in an abridged manner – with the •/• mark – as a repetition of the preceding bar.

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issues: Abbreviated notation of A