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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 170

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In the main text we omit the redundantly repeated  next to g1 in the 2nd half of bar.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 170

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In the main text we add a cautionary  next to d2 in the R.H.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 171

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In FE1 the A-a octave was mistakenly written a major second too high. The error was corrected in FE2 (→FE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 172

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In the main text we add  restoring b1 in the 2nd half of bar. Chopin's patent error was only rectified in GE. See also bar 176.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Omission of current key accidentals

b. 173

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

d2 in A (→GC,FE,EE)

d2 in GE

d1 with  suggested by the editors
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As in bar 169, next to the bottom note of the 1st sixth in the 2nd half of the bar there is no accidental neither in A nor in GC and FE, which were proofread by Chopin. Therefore, we should accept this note to be d2, and that is what we give in the main text, supplemented with a cautionary . 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions