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b. 196

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

b, b2 & b3 in A (→GC→GE, →FE1→FE2)

b, b2 & b3 in FE3 & EE

b, b2 & b3 in our suggestion
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In front of the b, b2 and b3 notes in the 2nd half of the bar there are no accidentals in A (→GC→GE, →FE1→FE2), therefore the flats from the 1st half of the bar are valid. Moreover, the deletion of the sign in front of the bottom note of the chord in the L.H. visible in A and GC (in GC one can see that it was a ) proves that Chopin checked the correctness of notation in both manuscripts. The revisers of EE, FE3 added a  in front of these notes (b, b2 and b3). In the main text, in order to avoid doubts, we add cautionary flats in front of b and b2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Deletions in A , FE revisions , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 196

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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The flat lowering a3 to a3 is only in GE and EE. Lack of the sign in the remaining sources is an inaccuracy of notation, characteristic for Chopin.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in FE

b. 196

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In the first half of bar there is no  lowering b3 to b3 in A (→GC,FE). This is a typical Chopin's inaccuracy in arpeggios spanning more than one octave.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Accidentals in different octaves

b. 196

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In the main text we add cautionary naturals next to the F-f octave in the L.H.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 196

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

No marks in GC (→GE)

Different accents in FE

Short accents in EE
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In the main text we give accents of different length according to FE. The lack of such difference in EE is a typical inaccuracy of Chopin's first editions, and no accents in GC (→GE) is an oversight of the copyist (cf. bar 8).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE inaccuracies