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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 129

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In the main text, we include a cautionery  before d1 in the L.H., written by Chopin into GC (→GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 129

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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The topmost component of the chord in the R.H. was written in GC as a1. This mistake was repeated in GE1; it was corrected only in GE2 (→GE3). 

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: Errors of GC

b. 132

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

e1 in A (→FE1,EE,GC→GE)

e1 in FE2 (→FE3)
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It is also in this bar that we give the unambiguous version of A (→EE,GC→GE) in the main text, in spite of the fact that while proofreading FE2 (→FE3), Chopin added a  lowering e1 to e1. This version must be considered as authentic, yet not necessarily final – the composer, not seeing the following text in this line, could have heard here a harmonic progression analogous to the one in bars 101 and 126, therefore, in the previous phase of the phrase's development.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors resulting from corrections , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 133

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Octave in A (→FE1,EE,GC→GE)

Three-note chord in FE2 (→FE3)
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A (→FE1,EE,GC→GE) has only the g1-g2 octave as a semiquaver. Chopin completed it with the c2 note in a proofreading of FE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 133

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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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).

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration