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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 72-78

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

f in A (→FE,GC→GE)

f in EE
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In A (→FE,GC→GE1) there is not any  lowering e to e. In EE the signs were added, yet at the same time the flats lowering f to f on the last semiquaver were omitted (except for bar 75, in which both last semiquavers are provided with flats). The reviser of EE might have concluded that Chopin wrote the flats in A one note too far by mistake (they may have regarded the E-F passage occuring in the first half of each bar as a confirmation that they were right). The flats lowering e to e were also added in GE2 (→GE3).

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Inaccuracies in A

b. 73-78

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

A (→FE,GC→GE)

EE
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Shifting all  markings in those bars to the end of bar is undoubtedly an arbitrary revision in EE. The engraver (reviser?) presumably considered the notation in A as inaccurate.

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issues: EE revisions

b. 73-77

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In the main text we add cautionary naturals next to G in bars 73 and 77.

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b. 73-78

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In bars 73 and 75 some sources erroneously leave superfluous cautionary  next to D in the L.H. In bar 73 a  appears only in EE and in GE2 (→GE3), while in bar 75 it was left in GC (→GE) and in EE. 

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issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 73

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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The last semiquaver in the L.H. was certainly corrected in GC from e to f. It is hard to state clearly whether it is Gutmann's own correction or whether it was Chopin that noticed and corrected the wrong pitch while reviewing GC. Cf. the note in bar 13.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccuracies in GC , Alterations in GC