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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Issues : Errors of GC

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. 69

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

 at end of bar in A (→FE,EE)

 mid-bar in GC (→GE)
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The earlier pedal release in GC (→GE) is the copyist's mistake, possibly diverted by previous bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC

b. 77-79

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slurs in A (→FE,EE)

No slurs in GC

Slurs in GE
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The missing slurs in GC in bars 77-78 are certainly the copyist's oversight. In GE they were added after the slurs of GC (erroneous) in the previous bars (see bars 71-76). In the main text we give the precisely written slurring of A (→FE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of GC

b. 84

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Quaver b1 in A (→FE,EE)

No quaver in GC (→GE)
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In GC there is no b1 quaver in the bottom voice in the R.H. It is probably an oversight – cf. similar situations in bars 28 and 42. Contrary to those bars, in the discussed place the incomplete version of GC was repeated in GE without any changes.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC

b. 87

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

in A (→FE,EE)

No indication in GC (→GE)
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GC (→GE) overlooks the slentando indication.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC