Issues : Authentic corrections in GC

b. 181-184

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

No slurs in A (→FE,EE)

3 slurs in GC (→GE)

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As in analogous bars 177-180, the three R.H. slurs were written into GC (→GE) almost certainly by Chopin. In GE1 the slur in bar 183, last in the line, reaches only the last semiquaver even though the next bar holds its ending. The flaw was rectified in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections in GC , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 184

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

No slur in A (→FE,EE)

Slur in GC (→GE)

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The slur in GC (→GE) was almost certainly written by Chopin – cf. the analogous bar 180, where the corresponding slur occurs in all the sources. The omission of the slur in A was caused most likely by the deletions which forced Chopin to write most of this bar on an additional staff.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors resulting from corrections , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 189-192

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

Pedalling in GC & GE2

No markings in FE (→EE1)

Pedalling in GE1

Pedalling in EE2

Our alternative suggestion

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In the main text we give the pedalling added by Chopin in GC and repeated more or less accurately in GE and EE2. As the added pedalling differs from the indications in the analogous fragment of the exposition (bars 61-64), which may have resulted from haste at the time of writing it, we suggest a pedalling based on the indications of the exposition as an alternative.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Errors in GE , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 193-197

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

Pedalling in GC (→GE) & EE2

No markings in FE (→EE1)

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The pedalling of this fragment was added by Chopin in GC (→GE). It was also repeated in EE2, almost certainly after GE1. See also bars 198-204.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 196

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

bb2 & b3 in A (→GCGE, →FE1FE2)

bb2 & b3 in FE3 & EE

bb2 & b3 in our suggestion

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In front of the bb2 and b3 notes in the 2nd half of the bar there are no accidentals in A (→GCGE, →FE1FE2), 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 (bb2 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