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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 93

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

c repeated in A (→GC→GE, →EE,FE1→FE2)

c tied in FE3
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The decision to sustain c in FE3 may have come from Chopin. However, as the authenticity of some of the changes introduced in this impression raises serious doubts, in the main text we give the version of A (→GC) and of the remaining editions.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 93-95

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In the main text, we add a cautionary  before e1 in bars 93 and 95. The former of those flats was also added in GE.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration

b. 94-95

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

in A (→FE)

in GC (→GE)

in EE
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We regard the hairpin , shorter than in the remaining three analogous bars, as an imprecision of the notation of A (→FE) – in bars 38-41, Chopin extended similar signs. EE also extended the corresponding hairpin accordingly. A further shortening of the sign in GC (→GE) results probably from the transition to a new line in bar 95.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

b. 95

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Arpeggio sign in A (→GC→GE)

No sign in FE & EE
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In A there is a vertical slur written before the chord with the grace note, indicating an arpeggio. The sign is poorly visible and it was omitted in FE and EE. In GC (→GE) the arpeggio was recreated correctly.

 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE

b. 95-97

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slurs in A

Slurs in GC & EE

Slurs in GE

One slur in FE
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The slurring in A in bars 95-97, similarly as in the previous bars, was misrepresented by the copyist and engravers – in GC and EE the slur from bar 95 does not reach bar 96, and in FE the overlapping slurs were interpreted as one slur. In GE the ending of a tenuto slur in bar 97 was misinterpreted by extending it towards the first chord in bar 98.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , EE inaccuracies , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC