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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 26

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

 in A (→FE)

GC (→GE)

EE
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Both the earlier start of the  mark in GC (→GE) and the fact of its shortening in EE is a result of an inaccurate interpretation of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 28

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Crotchet & quaver in A (→FE,EE)

Crotchet in GC

Dotted crotchet in GE
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GC overlooked the b1 quaver in the lower part of the R.H. GE amended this version by adding an extending dot next to the b1 crotchet.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of GC

b. 30

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slurs in A, contextual interpretation

One slur in GC (→GE), FE & EE
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The slurring of A is inaccurate here – the slur from previous bars ends on the crotchet in the middle of the bar, even though the next one that starts on the new page (in bar 31) suggests a continuation from the previous page. Both the copyist and the engravers interpreted this by merging both slurs in one. According to us, Chopin must have had in mind the same phrasing as in analogous bars 6 and 14, which means that he did not end the long slur from the previous bars too early but forgot to write the beginning of the slur at the end of bar 30.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 31

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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FE1 has an erroneous B instead of c as the bottom note of the first crotchet in the L.H. This might have resulted from a slightly too low position of that note in A. The error was corrected in a proofreading of FE2 (→FE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in A

b. 33

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Crotchet g1 in A (→GC)

Dotted crotchet in FE & EE

Single-part notation in GE
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In A (→GC), probably as a result of an oversight, the g1 crotchet was written without the extending dot. The dot was undoubtedly rightly – cf. bar 17 – added in FE and EE, while the one-part notation used in GE erroneously included the final e1 to the melody of the top voice. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in A