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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Issues : Inaccuracies in GC

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

b. 66

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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As in the previous bar, A (→FE,EE) has a superfluous  next to e1 in the first chord. It is omitted in GC (→GE) what can be regarded as a mistake by the copyist or an intended change.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 68

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slur continued in A (→FE,EE)

One-bar slur in GC (→GE)
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After a three-bar-long break, the copyist returned to rewriting slurs in the part of the L.H. The slur written in GC (→GE) is, however, inaccurate – it includes only this bar. In the main text we give the longer slur of A (→FE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 69-70

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slur in A & FE2 (→FE3)

No slur in FE1

Slur in GC (→GE) & EE
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In FE1 there is no slur in the L.H., which was corrected in FE2 (→FE3).
In GC (→GE) and EE the slur is dragged to the first quaver in the next bar. The copyist and the engraver of EE could have been misled by a non-deleted trace of the original version of the  sign.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in FE , Errors resulting from corrections , EE inaccuracies , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 70

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In GC the bottom  before the 2nd chord was misplaced at the pitch of d3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC