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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 75

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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FE overlooks the  lowering e2 to e2 in the R.H.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 76

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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We add the flats, overlooked in A (→GC,FE), lowering e1 to e1 and a1 to a1 in the R.H. A similar addition was performed in EE and GE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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

b. 77-79

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slurs in A (→FE,EE)

No slurs in GC

Slurs in GE
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The missing slurs in GC in bars 77-78 are certainly the copyist's oversight. In GE they were added after the slurs of GC (erroneous) in the previous bars (see bars 71-76). In the main text we give the precisely written slurring of A (→FE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of GC

b. 79-82

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

in bar 80 in A (→EE)

in bar 79 in GC

No indication in FE

in bar 79 in GE
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In GC (→GE) rallentando begins one bar earlier, which is almost certainly the copyist's error. In GE there are no dashes limiting the range of the indication, while in FE there is no indication at all.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 79

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In A the slur in the L.H. begins already over the rest, and in GC even before. It is an example of Chopin's frequent manner of writing sweeping slurs (cf. e.g. the slurs in Mazurkas, Op. 24), as well as Gutmann's characteristic imprecision in this domain of notation.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC