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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 179-180

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

3 accents in A (→EE)

2 accents in GC (→GE)

No accents in FE
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The omission of an accent over the a-a1 octave in bar 180 in GC (→GE) and FE (FE omitted two previous accents as well) results almost certainly from distraction caused by deletions and corrections in A – Chopin was forced to write the ultimate version of the 2nd half of bar 179 in the margin because there was not enough space over the stave.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors of GC

b. 179-180

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

g2 tied in A (→FE,EE)

g2 repeated in GC (→GE)
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The lack of tie to g2 in GC (→GE) is certainly an oversight of the copyist, provoked presumably by deletions and corrections in A – Gutmann also omitted one of the accents there. Cf. bars 183-184. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC

b. 179

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In A the 2nd part of the bar in the R.H. was deleted and rewritten next to the stave. The ties sustaining d2-a2 are in the deleted part of the bar, while in the part which was rewritten there is only a tie sustaining a2. As a result of this ambiguous notation, in GC (→GE) only the tie to a2 was copied. In FE and EE the ambiguous notation of A was interpreted, according to us, correctly, preserving both ties. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Deletions in A , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 179-180

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slurs in A, contextual interpretation

Slurs in GC (literal reading)

Slurs in A (literal reading→FE,contextual interpretation of GC)

Slurs in GE

No slurs in EE
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The first slur in the L.H. is written "with panache," as a result of which it was misinterpreted both in GC and in FE. The slurs of GE are even more misleading, so that in GE the beginnings of both slurs were moved to the 1st quaver of each beat in bar 179. In the main text we give the obvious in this context interpretation of slurs of A. The lack of slurs in EE results from an oversight by the engraver (as in the previous bar).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Inaccurate slurs in A , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 179

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In the main text we add a cautionary  before d in bar 179 and D in bar 183.

category imprint: Editorial revisions