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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 151

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Visible in A are traces of a correction of the L.H. motif which originally sounded: .

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Main-line changes

b. 152

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In A (→GC,FE) the  raising b1 to b1 is only written before the 8th semiquaver, and there is no raising b to b in the L.H. Chopin wrote in the latter in GC (→GE), it was also added in FE3 and EE. The notation of the R.H. was supplemented in EE and GE, but only EE removed the then superfluous  in the 2nd half of the bar.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , FE revisions , Authentic corrections in GC , Inaccuracies in A

b. 153-154

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slur in A (→FE) & GE

No slur in GC & EE
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GC and EE overlook the slur in the L.H. Despite the error of GC, the revisers of GE added the slur after analogous bars 145-146, which do not raise any doubts.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , GE revisions , Errors of GC

b. 153-155

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Continuous slur in A (→GC→GE)

New slur from bar 154 in FE

New slur from bar 155 in EE
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Discontinuous slurs in FE and EE are probably inaccurate due to the line breaks in A and FE. The engraver of FE presumably reproduced a slur over the last two bars in a line, what corresponds to bars 153-154 in A, but 154-155 in FE. The slurs in EE result most likely from misinterpretation of a slur which is notated over two lines in A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies

b. 154

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

e3-c3 in A (→EE) & FE2 (→FE3)

e2-c2 in GC (→GE) & FE1
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As a result of misinterpretation of the octave sign, GC (→GE) and FE1 erroneously notate the first two semiquavers of the 2nd half of the bar an octave higher – e3-c3 instead of e2-c2. The error was corrected in FE2 (→FE3), most probably by Chopin.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE , Errors of GC