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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 21

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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The middle component of the last chord in the R.H. was certainly corrected in GC from f1 to g1. 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 annotation in bar 13.

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

issues: Inaccuracies in GC , Alterations in GC

b. 31

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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FE1 has an erroneous B instead of c as the bottom note of the first crotchet in the L.H. This might have resulted from a slightly too low position of that note in A. The error was corrected in a proofreading of FE2 (→FE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in A

b. 36

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In GC the  raising b1 to b1 was overlooked (in GE the sign was added).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of GC

b. 36

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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EE has an erroneous d instead of e as the bottom note of the crotchet in the 2nd half of the bar.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

b. 39-41

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In the main text we add a cautionary  next to the e1 crotchet in bars 39 and 41. The first of these signs was already added in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions