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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 56-57

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

2 slurs in A (→FE,GC→GE)

Two-bar slur in EE
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As in bars 54-55, the combined slur in EE results most likely from a mistake or misunderstanding of the script of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , EE inaccuracies

b. 57

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In A (→GC,→FE1→FE2) there are no flats lowering e2 to e2 and e1 to e1, which is a patent inaccuracy of notation.
The necessary signs were completed in GE and EE, as well as in FE3, in which, however, the first of the added signs erroneously lowers g2 to g2.

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

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Accidentals in different octaves , Corrections in A , Terzverschreibung error , GE revisions , FE revisions

b. 58

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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A (→GC,FE1→FE2) lacks essential accidentals before e2 and  f2 in the R.H., and before e1 in the L.H. In the remaining editions the appropriate complements were made, although only EE has all the necessary signs. In GE only the R.H. accidentals were added, and in FE3 only the flats, and yet, the R.H.  was mistakenly added next to the last semiquaver.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , FE revisions

b. 58

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slur in FE i GE

No slur in A (→GC,EE)
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The lack of L.H. slur In A (→GC,EE) has to be recognized as an inaccuracy – cf. slurs in similar bars 48, 50 or 56. The slur was added in FE and in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 58-59

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Separate slurs in A (→FE,GC→GE)

One slur in EE
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The combined slur in EE results most likely from a mistake or misunderstanding of the script of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , EE inaccuracies