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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Issues : EE inaccuracies

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. 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. 92-94

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slur in A (literal reading→FE,EE)

Slur in A, contextual interpretation

Slur in GC (→GE)
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The ending of slur in bar 94 is unclear in A – Chopin probably meant a "tenuto slur" as in the first half of bar 92. However, it cannot be ruled out that it is the shorter slur in FE and EE which correctly conveys Chopin's intention. The earlier beginning of slur in GC (→GE) is certainly a result of copyist's inattentiveness.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 95-97

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slurs in A

Slurs in GC & EE

Slurs in GE

One slur in FE
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The slurring in A in bars 95-97, similarly as in the previous bars, was misrepresented by the copyist and engravers – in GC and EE the slur from bar 95 does not reach bar 96, and in FE the overlapping slurs were interpreted as one slur. In GE the ending of a tenuto slur in bar 97 was misinterpreted by extending it towards the first chord in bar 98.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , EE inaccuracies , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 95

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Long accent in A

No mark in GC (→GE)

in FE

Short accent in EE
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The typical long accent in A was misrepresented in FE (as a diminuendo hairpin) and EE (as a short accent). In GC (→GE) the sign was overlooked.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies , Errors of GC