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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Issues : Cautionary accidentals

b. 103

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In the main text, we omit the redundant  next to d1.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 115

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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A and FE have a cautionary  before the upper note of the octave at the beginning of the bar. In the main text, we also give a  next to the bottom note. In the remaining sources there is no  before the octave – probably resulting from an oversight.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 129

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In the main text, we include a cautionery  before d1 in the L.H., written by Chopin into GC (→GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 134

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In the 1st R.H. chord, GE1 did not include the cautionary naturals next to a1 and a2 written in A (→EE,GC). The naturals were added in GE2 (→GE3). FE omitted only the bottom .

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

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