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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 185

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

b1 (no accidental) in A (→GC,FE,EE) & GE3

b1 (with ) in FEJ

b1 in GE1 (→GE2)
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In the main text we add a cautionary  next to b1 in the R.H. An identical pencilled addition, probably performed by Chopin's hand, can be seen in FEJ. The GE1 (→GE2) version must be an erroneous revision, one of a few in bars 185-186: see the note at the beginning and in the middle of the next bar. In GE3, the  lowering b1 to b1 was deleted.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Annotations in FEJ

b. 185

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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There are no naturlas restoring d1-d2 on the last semiquaver in the R.H. It is a patent inadvertence of Chopin's.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 185-186

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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The deletions visible in A at the beginning of the 2nd half of bar 185 demonstrate that Chopin changed the 7th R.H. semiquaver. The removed semiquaver was probably a g1-c2 fourth. Similarly, we can guess that the deleted 7th semiquaver in bar 186 sounded a1-d2.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A , Main-line changes

b. 186

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Last semiquaver e1-e2 in A (→FE,EE) & GE3

f1-f2 in GC (→GE1→GE2)
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The version in GC (→GE1→GE2) is undoubtedly mistaken – cf. the previous bar. The error was corrected only in GE3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC

b. 186

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

b & b1 in A (→GC,FE,EE)

b & b1 in GE1

b & b1 in GE2 (→GE3)
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Before the first semiquaver GE added a lowering b to b, and GE2 (→GE3) also shifted the  lowering b1 to b1 from before the 5th semiquaver to before the 3rd one. These arbitrary changes continue the harmonic revisions initiated by the addition of a  lowering b1 to b1 in the middle of the previous bar.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions