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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 111-112

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Tied octave in A (→FE1,EE,GC→GE) & FE3

Repeated octave in FE2
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The B1-B octave, sustained at the transition between bars 111 and 112, is probably the original version of this place, changed in a proofreading of FE2, probably by Chopin. Playing the octave at the beginning of bar 112 could have aimed at, e.g., achieving rhythmic similarity with analogous bars 136-137. The slurs were then returned in FE3, the authenticity of this change is however not as likely as in the previous case, as a lot points to a significant, if not the exclusive, participation of the reviser in a proofreading of FE3. Hence we give the version of FE2, probably corrected by Chopin, as the main one. 

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issues: Authentic corrections of FE , FE revisions

b. 111

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In FE, the 2nd R.H. octave is erroneously a quaver instead of a semiquaver.

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issues: Errors in FE , Rhythmic errors

b. 112

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Tied octave in A (→FE1,EE,GC→GE) & FE3

Repeated octave in FE2
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In the main text we give the version of FE2, which was probably corrected by Chopin.

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b. 115

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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GC overlooks the extending dot next to the A minim in the L.H. The error was corrected in GE.

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issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 117

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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GC (→GE1) overlooks the extending dots next to two upper components of the 1st chord. This patent error was corrected only in GE2 (→GE3).

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issues: Inaccuracies in GC