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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Issues : Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 125-126

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

 in A (→GC,FE)

in EE

in GE
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The  hairpin under the L.H. motif in bars 125-126 is shorter than in similar situations, which must have resulted from the transition to a new page. In the main text we give a longer mark modelled after the previous bars; such a version is included also in GE. In the remaining editions the hairpin was shortened with respect to the notation of A, which could not have been intended by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies