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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 70

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In GC the bottom  before the 2nd chord was misplaced at the pitch of d3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 71

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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EE added a  before the e semiquaver – superfluous after the  next to the first note in the bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 71

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

d in A (→EE,GC→GE) & FE2 (→FE3)

d in FE1
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In FE1 there is a  instead of the  lowering d to d. It is undoubtedly a mistake, corrected in FE2 (→FE3). 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 72-78

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

f in A (→FE,GC→GE)

f in EE
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In A (→FE,GC→GE1) there is not any  lowering e to e. In EE the signs were added, yet at the same time the flats lowering f to f on the last semiquaver were omitted (except for bar 75, in which both last semiquavers are provided with flats). The reviser of EE might have concluded that Chopin wrote the flats in A one note too far by mistake (they may have regarded the E-F passage occuring in the first half of each bar as a confirmation that they were right). The flats lowering e to e were also added in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Inaccuracies in A

b. 73-77

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In the main text we add cautionary naturals next to G in bars 73 and 77.

category imprint: Editorial revisions