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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 135-136

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

No tie in A (→FE,EE,GC→GE1)

Tie to g in GE2 (→GE3)
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Over the bar-line in GE2 (→GE3), there is an arbitrarily added tie to g.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 136

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

3 staccato dots in A (probable reading→EE) & GE

2 dots in GC

3 wedges in A, possible reading

2 wedges in FE
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It is not entirely clear what staccato marks were intened by Chopin in this bar. They resemble dots In A despite being bigger than usual – possibly Chopin emboldened them to make them better visible, or changed wedges for dots. FE read them as wedges (except for the omitted L.H. mark), GC and EE – as dots (in the copy the L.H. mark was omitted, and reinstated in GE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Wedges , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 137

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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We add the cautionary naturals next to F-f. A similar addition was performed also in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 138-139

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

e2 in A (→GC,FE,EE)

e2 in FE2 (→FE3) & GE
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In the editors' opinion, e2 in A (→GC,FE1,EE), although possible from harmonic point of vue, results probably from Chopin's inadvertence. In any case, the almost certainly authentic correction of FE2 (→FE3) urges to acknowledge e2 as the composer's last intention. Also added was the flat in GE, as were the cautionary naturals before e1-e2 in the next bar in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 142

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

10-semiquaver slur in A (→FE,EE) & GE

6-semiquaver slur in GC
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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.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

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