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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 145

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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FE1 overlooks the a2 note in the R.H. in the 9th semiquaver. The defect was corrected in FE2.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: Errors in FE

b. 148

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

 
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The lack of ties sustaining the G1-G octave is most probably an oversight by the engraver of FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 154

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

e3-c3 in A (→EE) & FE2 (→FE3)

e2-c2 in GC (→GE) & FE1
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As a result of misinterpretation of the octave sign, GC (→GE) and FE1 erroneously notate the first two semiquavers of the 2nd half of the bar an octave higher – e3-c3 instead of e2-c2. The error was corrected in FE2 (→FE3), most probably by Chopin.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE , Errors of GC

b. 156

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Dashes under L.H. in A (→GC)

No dashes in FE, EE & GE

Dashes between staves suggested by the editors
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Errors in GE

b. 157

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Indications in A (→EE,GC→GE)

No indications in FE
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The lack of sempre forte nad marcato indications results certainly from an oversight by the engraver of FE. He omitted all verbal indications in the line comprising bars 156-160.
The designation sempre forte is placed in the sources around the middle of the bar, so that its beginning falls under the third (A→GC→GE) or fourth (EE) semiquaver. In the editors' opinion it is probably an instance of Chopin's mannerism of writing markings inside the domain of their application, hence we put the indication at the beginning of the bar in the main text. It bears no practical implication anyway, for the indication basically confirms the dynamics effective in the entire Presto.
#Wa replaced the word forte with the  sign.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE