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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 126

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Dotted crotchet in FE, EE & GE
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In A (→GC), the lack of the dot extending the first crotchet of the R.H. lower voice is almost certainly an oversight by Chopin. The dot was added in all editions.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in A

b. 127

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Crotchet g1 in A (→FE,EE)

Quaver g1 in GC (→GE)
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As in analogous bar 102, the rhythm in the upper voice of the R.H. has two versions in the sources. In the main text we present the version of GC (→GE). This time the correction is inaccurate – Chopin added a quaver flag to the g1 note but   forgot the rest, as a result of which the bar in the upper voice has only 5 quavers. The obvious mistake was corrected in GE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors resulting from corrections , GE revisions , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 127-128

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

d1 tied in A (→FE,EE) & GE3

d1 repeated in GC (→GE1→GE2)
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The tie sustaining d1 over the bar-line was omitted in GC (GE1→GE2) – the copyist might have taken it for deleted. It was only added in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of GC

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. 129

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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The topmost component of the chord in the R.H. was written in GC as a1. This mistake was repeated in GE1; it was corrected only in GE2 (→GE3). 

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: Errors of GC