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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Issues : Omission of current key accidentals

b. 68-69

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In A (→GC,FE1→FE2) there are no accidentals before the last chord in bar 68 and in the entire bar 69. Moreover, in both previous FE there are no flats before two topmost notes of the chord at the beginning of bar 68 (d2 and e2). In FE3 the missing signs were completed, apart from the  lowering d2 to d2 in bar 68. GE and EE have the correct notation, yet only in EE there are all flats before the second chord in bar 69 (the rules of the signs validity with the use of an octave sign were not established).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , FE revisions

b. 69

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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There is no  lowering e1 to e1 at the end of bar in A (→GC,EE,FE1→FE2). The patent inaccuracy was corrected in FE3 and GE.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Omission of current key accidentals

b. 70

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In A (→GC,FE1) there are no accidentals before the 4th chord. The overlooked  lowering a2 to a2 was also added in all remaining sources, while in FE2 (→FE3) a cautionary  before a3 was added as well. Both signs added in FE2 probably result from Chopin's proofreading. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 72-78

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

f in A (→FE,GC→GE)

f in EE
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In A (→FE,GC→GE1) there is not any  lowering e to e. In EE the signs were added, yet at the same time the flats lowering f to f on the last semiquaver were omitted (except for bar 75, in which both last semiquavers are provided with flats). The reviser of EE might have concluded that Chopin wrote the flats in A one note too far by mistake (they may have regarded the E-F passage occuring in the first half of each bar as a confirmation that they were right). The flats lowering e to e were also added in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Inaccuracies in A

b. 76

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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We add the flats, overlooked in A (→GC,FE), lowering e1 to e1 and a1 to a1 in the R.H. A similar addition was performed in EE and GE.

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

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A