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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 101-102

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slurs in A

Slur in GC (→GE) & FE

Slurs in EE
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The bottom arms of the   hairpins written in A look like combined slurs, which misled both the copyist and the engraver of FE. The version of EE also results from a misunderstanding of the notation of A, although in this case it was rather the deletion of the abandoned version of bar 102 that contributed to the misunderstanding.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , EE inaccuracies , Errors of GC

b. 102

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Crotchet as1 in A (→FE,EE)

Quaver a1 in GC (→GE)
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections in GC

b. 103

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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GC overlooked the dots extending the 2nd crotchet in the R.H. GE corrected this oversight.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of GC

b. 103

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In the main text, we omit the redundant  next to d1.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 103-104

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slur to a in A (→FE)

Slur to c1 in GC (→GE)

Slur to to d in EE
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We give the range of slur according to A (→FE). The notation in GC (→GE) is inaccurate, and in EE probably revised in order to avoid a note without slur.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC