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b. 194

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

b1 in A (→FE,GC→GE)

d2 in EE
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The EE version is certainly erroneous – the engraver mistook this bar for the previous one.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Terzverschreibung error

b. 194-224

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

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In GC the bars are not written out – see the note in bar 189. 

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 194

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

One-bar  in GC (→GE)

Sign continued in FE (→EE)
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Adding  in FE (→EE) to the sign in bar 193 is most probably an arbitrary decision of the engraver of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: FE revisions , Hairpins denoting continuation

b. 194-196

composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

Dashes in bar 194 in A

No dashes in GE1

Dashes in FE (→EE)

Dashes up to bar 195 in GE2
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The dashes marking the range of cresc. are led in A only to just after the middle of bar 194. However, Chopin most probably meant a crescendo to  in bar 195, which was reproduced accurately in GE2.
Omissions of signs – in GE1 – are a quite frequent inaccuracy in first editions of Chopin's works.
While proofreading FE, the composer added dashes throughout three bars, at the same time most probably removing  in bar 195 and changing  to  in bar 197. It is the last version that we adopt in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 194-195

composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt I

Slur to bar 195 in A

Slur to end of bar 194 in GE (→FE→EE)
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The slur of A (our main text) was moved in GE1 (→FE→EE), so that it embraces entire bar 194. This erroneous interpretation was corrected in GE2 only in the initial part of the sign.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE