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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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GE1
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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  b. 142

10-semiquaver slur in A (→FE,EE) & GE

6-semiquaver slur in GC

In A (→GC) bar 142 was divided into two lines. It is probably due to this issue that the copyist forgot to continue the slur in the L.H. in the 2nd half of the bar. In GE the slur was extended to the last semiquaver.

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category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: GE revisions, Inaccuracies in GC, Uncertain slur continuation

notation: Slurs

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Original in: The Fryderyk Chopin Institute Library, Warsaw