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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 86

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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The topmost note of the last chord in the R.H. was certainly corrected in GC from a1 to b1. It is hard to state clearly whether it is Gutmann's own correction or whether it was Chopin that noticed and corrected the wrong pitch while reviewing GC. Cf. the note in bar 13.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccuracies in GC , Alterations in GC

b. 87

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

in A (→FE,EE)

No indication in GC (→GE)
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GC (→GE) overlooks the slentando indication.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC

b. 88-89

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slur in A (→EE,GC→GE)

FE
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The slur in FE, unbroken despite rests and pause, is most probably erroneous.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: FE revisions

b. 89-92

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slur in A (→EE)

Slur in GC, literal interpretation

Slur in FE

No slur in GE
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In GC bars 89-90 end the line of text. This caused the copyist to have erroneously omitted the opening part of the slur – he wrote only the ending fragment in bars 91-92. In GE this fragmentary slur was overlooked or omitted. For the joining of the slur in FE to the preceding one see the note in bar 88.
In A, the way the slur ends makes it clearly a "tenuto-slur". This was properly rendered only in EE. See also the note in bar 92.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Errors in GE , Inaccuracies in GC , Errors of GC

b. 90

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

A (→EE,GC→GE) & FE2 (→FE3)

FE1
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It is not clear what could have caused FE1 to replace the quaver d-a by the dots prolonging the preceding crotchet. In any case, the A version reinstated in the proofreading of FE2 (→FE3) proves that it was a mistake.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE