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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 66

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

 in A (→GC)

in FE

in EE & GE
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In EE and GE the  ends with the 2nd beat of bar 66. Perhaps the editors' revision was caused by the will to obtain an analogy with bar 64, in which cresc. actually embraces only the 2nd half of the bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 69

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Wedge & dot in A, probable reading

Staccato dots in A (possible reading→EE)

No marks in GC(→GE) & FE
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GC (→GE) and FE overlook stacc. in the part of the R.H. and the L.H.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Wedges , Errors of GC

b. 71-72

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

2  in A

No  in GC(→GE) & FE

 in bar 71 in EE
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Both  signs are written in A on the saff, what further hindered the legibility of the faint hairpins. As a result GC (→GE), FE overlooked them, and EE imprecisely reproduced the first sign only.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , Unclear hairpins in A , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 92-93

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

 in A (→EE)

 in GC i FE

in EE

 in GE
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The shortening of the  sign in FE is rather certainly the result of the text's layout – bar 93 starts a new line. However, it is difficult to establish the cause for the shortening of the sign in GC. The copyist could e.g. have mistaken these bars with bars 94-95 where A has a shorter sign. We regard the inaccuracies – in relation to the Stichvorlage – of the hairpins in GE and EE as the effect of a routine adjusting of the signs to the rhythmical structures. We give the A notation in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 93

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

No sign in A (→FE,EE)

Arpeggio sign in GC (→GE)

Our variant suggestion
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In A (→FE,EE) there is no arpeggio. The sign, possibly added by Chopin, is featured in GC (→GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections in GC