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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Issues : Errors repeated in FE

b. 142

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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A (→GC,FE1→FE2) has no  raising c1 to c1 in the L.H. The patent Chopin's oversight was corrected in EE, FE3 and GE.
In A (→GC,FE), in the 2nd half of the bar there is an unnecessarily repeated  before c2. The accidental was necessary in the manuscripts because the line ends in the middle of the bar. It was omitted in EE and GE.

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

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Omission of current key accidentals , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in FE

b. 144

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In A (→GC,FE) the  raising c2 to c2 is only written before the 8th semiquaver. The accidental before the 2nd semiquaver was added in EE and GE, but only EE removed the then superfluous  in the 2nd half of the bar.

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

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of GC , Errors repeated in FE

b. 176

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Chopin omitted a  lowering b2 to b2 at the beginning of bar, and a  restoring b1 in the 2nd half of bar. An oversight of both the alteration and its canceling may seem improbable but happened to Chopin a few times, e.g. in Etude in F minor, op. 25 no. 2, bar 56.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Errors repeated in FE

b. 178

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In A (→GC,FE1→FE2) there is no  raising f1 to f1 in bar 178 and f to f in bar 182. The accidentals were added in EE, GE and FE3.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in FE

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