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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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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. 145-146

Continuous slur in A (→FE,GC→GE)

2 slurs in EE

Breaking the slur in EE was supposedly meant to facilitate the engraving. Numerous arbitrary changes of this kind are to be found in GE1 of the Concerto in F minor Op. 21, e.g. in the 3rd mvt., bars 225-227.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

notation: Slurs

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