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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Issues : Uncertain slur continuation

b. 159-166

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

No slur in sources

Slur suggested by the editors
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The slur in the R.H. ends in A in bar 158. It is likely that the composer forgot about the slur's continuation after passing to a new line; the slur was not added in any of the editions.
We add it in the main text. 

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Errors of A , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 181-184

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

No slurs in A (→FE,EE)

3 slurs in GC (→GE)
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As in analogous bars 177-180, the three R.H. slurs were written into GC (→GE) almost certainly by Chopin. In GE1 the slur in bar 183, last in the line, reaches only the last semiquaver even though the next bar holds its ending. The flaw was rectified in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections in GC , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 188

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slur to 3rd quaver in A (literal reading→GC→GE)

Slur to 6th quaver in A (contextual interpretation→FE,EE)
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In A (→GC) the slur breaks in the middle of the bar, which in A is caused by the fact of writing the 2nd half on a new page. This is how it was understood in FE and EE, in which the slur reaches the end of the bar. In the graphic layout of GC, in which this bar is not divided, the erroneous shortening of the slur is not that obvious and was arbitrarily recreated in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Uncertain slur continuation