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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Issues : EE inaccuracies

b. 56-57

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

2 slurs in A (→FE,GC→GE)

Two-bar slur in EE
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As in bars 54-55, the combined slur in EE results most likely from a mistake or misunderstanding of the script of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , EE inaccuracies

b. 58-59

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Separate slurs in A (→FE,GC→GE)

One slur in EE
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The combined slur in EE results most likely from a mistake or misunderstanding of the script of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , EE inaccuracies

b. 61-62

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

2  in A (→FE)

No signs in GC (→GE)

 in EE
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In GC (→GE) there is no  in bar 61, and also in the next one owing to its abbreviated notation. It is probably a result of the copyist's inattention. The hairpin in bar 62 was also overlooked in EE, which can be related to the interpretation of the aforementioned abbreviation.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies , Abbreviated notation of A , Errors of GC

b. 62

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slur in A (→FE,GC→GE)

No slur in EE
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Lack of slur in EE may result from an inaccurate interpretation of the abbreviated notation of A. Cf. bars 61-62.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies

b. 65-67

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

 before a in A

 on f in GC (→GE)

 on g in FE

  irregularly in EE
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In A the pedal release in bars 63-68 is differentiated: in bars 63, 64 the  falls on the 2nd beat, bars 65-68 the  follows only after the 5th semiquaver from the end.
In GC in bars 63-66 the  falls on the 2nd beat (i.e. in bars 63 and 64 in accordance with A, although there is a visible trace of correction - an erroneous  at the end of the bar), bar 67 is consistent with A, in bar 68 - there are no  and  signs.
GE copies GC, homogenising bar 67 with the remaining ones (i.e. shifting  to the middle of the bar), in bar 68 no pedalling was copied.
EE is compatible with A except for bar 65 -  moved to the 2nd beat, analogously to bars 63 and 64; in addition, in bars 61-65 the pedalling is written between the staves.
FE is more or less compatible with A – the hesitation is a result of an extremely compact notation in these bars (the 2nd beat in the R.H. does not fall exactly over the 2nd beat in the L.H.), therefore, it is hard to say with one hundred percent certainty whether  was written correctly or not, although the intention of A was certainly correctly understood. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC