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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 67

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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We add cautionary naturals next to d and f in the main text.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 67

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

 before c1 in A (→GC,EE)

 on b in FE

 on a in GE
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Similarly to bars 65-66, the differences in placing the  sign result from inaccurate reproducing of the Stichvorlage, in this bar by the engravers of FE and GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 68

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Pedalling in A (→FE, EE)

No markings in GC (→GE)
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The lack of pedalling results from copyist's oversight in GC (→GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC

b. 68

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slur continued in A (→FE,EE)

One-bar slur in GC (→GE)
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After a three-bar-long break, the copyist returned to rewriting slurs in the part of the L.H. The slur written in GC (→GE) is, however, inaccurate – it includes only this bar. In the main text we give the longer slur of A (→FE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 68-69

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In A (→GC,FE1→FE2) there are no accidentals before the last chord in bar 68 and in the entire bar 69. Moreover, in both previous FE there are no flats before two topmost notes of the chord at the beginning of bar 68 (d2 and e2). In FE3 the missing signs were completed, apart from the  lowering d2 to d2 in bar 68. GE and EE have the correct notation, yet only in EE there are all flats before the second chord in bar 69 (the rules of the signs validity with the use of an octave sign were not established).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , FE revisions