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b. 178

composition: (Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt I

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In A there is not a single  raising a (in various octaves) to a. This patent oversight in this structural context was corrected already in GE (→FE,EE,IE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A

b. 179-180

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in EE

No sign in GC (→GE)

 in FE

Editors' variant suggestion
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Just like in bars 171-172, both asterisk marks  (in bar 179 and 180) are definitely authentic and in our opinion they may be treated as variants.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC

b. 179-180

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

3 accents in A (→EE)

2 accents in GC (→GE)

No accents in FE
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The omission of an accent over the a-a1 octave in bar 180 in GC (→GE) and FE (FE omitted two previous accents as well) results almost certainly from distraction caused by deletions and corrections in A – Chopin was forced to write the ultimate version of the 2nd half of bar 179 in the margin because there was not enough space over the stave.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors of GC

b. 179-180

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

g2 tied in A (→FE,EE)

g2 repeated in GC (→GE)
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The lack of tie to g2 in GC (→GE) is certainly an oversight of the copyist, provoked presumably by deletions and corrections in A – Gutmann also omitted one of the accents there. Cf. bars 183-184. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC

b. 179

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In A the 2nd part of the bar in the R.H. was deleted and rewritten next to the stave. The ties sustaining d2-a2 are in the deleted part of the bar, while in the part which was rewritten there is only a tie sustaining a2. As a result of this ambiguous notation, in GC (→GE) only the tie to a2 was copied. In FE and EE the ambiguous notation of A was interpreted, according to us, correctly, preserving both ties. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Deletions in A , Inaccuracies in GC