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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Issues : EE revisions

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. 62-63

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slur to bar 63 in A (→GC,FE)

Slur to end of bar 62 in EE & GE
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccurate slurs in A , Embracing slurs , GE revisions

b. 64-67

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slurs in A

No slurs in GC (→GE) & FE

Slurs in EE
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GC (→GE) and FE overlook the slurs in the R.H. in bars 64-67 (and further). In EE the slur was divided in the middle of bar 67, probably analogously to the authentic slurring in bar 65. In the main text we give the slurring of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors of GC

b. 64

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

 in A (→GC)

in FE, EE & GE
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In all editions, small discrepancies notwithstanding, the  hairpin is distinctly shorter than in manuscripts. It attests, in our opinion, to the routine approach of engravers, who tried to adjust the range of the sign to elements of the notation related to the rhythmical structure, like notes or bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 65

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Before the first chord, in all sources an superfluous cautionary  occurs next to e1. We omit it in the main text, adding a cautionary  before c1, and a  before b1 instead. The latter was added already in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals