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b. 136

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in EE & GC (→GE)

No marking in FE
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It is not easy to find out whether the absence of  in FE is simply an error of that edition or the result of inaccurate notation of the manuscript that served as its base text. In any case, it seems unlikely that Chopin could decide not to have that marking here.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 136-140

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

End of slur in FE0

Prolonged slur in FE1

Two slurs in FEG (→GE) & EE
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In FE0 the slur ends on the minim. In the base text to FE1 it was corrected by extending the slur to bar 139 (there is a visible trace of deleting the original slur of FE0). There is no reason to doubt the authenticity of this change, yet in FEG Chopin completed the slurring differently, by adding the second slur in bars 136-140. The latter is also in EE, most probably based on the identical Chopin correction of the base text. Therefore, in the main text we give the version with two slurs, written by Chopin twice. The continuous slur of FE, offering greater flexibility as to the choice of phrasing, may be, however, treated equally.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of GE , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 136

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Quaver & rest in A (→EE,GC→GE)

Dotted quaver in FE
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The rhythm in FE was most likely constrained by the poor music layout leaving no room for a rest..

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: FE revisions

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