mUltimate Chopin

Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
FE1
Main text
A - Autograph
GC - Gutmann's copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FE3 - Corrected impression of FE2
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FED - Dubois copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
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g1 tied in A (→EE)

g1 repeated in GC (→GE) (possible interpretation of A)

Three g1 in FE1

f1 in FE2 (→FE3)

In the main text we give the version of FE2 (→FE3), corrected by Chopin. However, it is not clear whether the composer's resignation from the version of A was final at the time of performing this correction, as the proofreading concerned a slightly different, undoubtedly erroneous version of FE1. The interpretation of A is also uncertain – the tie sustaining g1, repeated in EE, is perhaps deleted, as it was probably understood in FE1 and GC (→GE). Both interpretations of A may be considered as variants. 

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Deletions in A, Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Pitch

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