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Issues : Errors repeated in FE

b. 176

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Chopin omitted a  lowering b2 to b2 at the beginning of bar, and a  restoring b1 in the 2nd half of bar. An oversight of both the alteration and its canceling may seem improbable but happened to Chopin a few times, e.g. in Etude in F minor, op. 25 no. 2, bar 56.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Errors repeated in FE

b. 178

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In A (→GC,FE1→FE2) there is no  raising f1 to f1 in bar 178 and f to f in bar 182. The accidentals were added in EE, GE and FE3.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

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

b. 185

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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There are no naturlas restoring d1-d2 on the last semiquaver in the R.H. It is a patent inadvertence of Chopin's.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 188

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No ornament in AsI

 in A (→GE→FE,EE,FESB)

 with  suggested by the editors
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The missing trill in AsI is most probably related to the different shape of melody and rhythm in the ending of the bar – see the next note.

As in the case of b. 184, none of the sources includes a mark that would specify the sound of the trill's top note. The prevailing key in b. 184-190, F major, requires the use of e2, which in the main text we indicate with a . 

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

issues: Main-line changes , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 189

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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The flat restoring B is present only in AsI and FESB.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE , Revisions in FESB