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b. 168

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

As a result of an oversight, the B₁-B octave in the L.H. in GC is a crotchet. The extending dots were added in GE.

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b. 169

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

d¹ in A (→FE,GC→GE)

d¹ in EE

d¹ with suggested by the editors

Next to the bottom note of the 1st sixth in the 2nd half of the bar there is no accidental neither in A nor in GC and FE, which were proofread by Chopin. Therefore, we should accept this note to be d¹, and that is what we give in the main text, supplemented with a cautionary . However, it should be noted that Chopin would often forget to cancel an alteration, particularly when, just like here, they were present in another voice (cf., e.g. the Etude in A minor, Op. 10 No. 2, bar 1 and analog., in D major, Op. 25 No. 8, bar 3, in G minor, Op. 25 No. 6, bar 4 or the Concerto in F minor, Op. 21, 3rd mov., bar 422 and analog.). In this situation, we cannot completely rule out the authenticity of the version with d¹, in spite of the fact that Chopin, who almost certainly did not take part in the preparation of EE, could not have added the visible in that edition.