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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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A
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. 133

Chopin did not write a  restoring g1 in the penultimate chord. This was noticed only in GE2 (→GE3) which also added a  before g2. We include these additions in the main text (cf. the authentic naturals added next to both notes of an octave in bar 135).

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issues: Omissions to cancel alteration

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