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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 68

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slurs in A (→FE,EE)

No slurs in GC(→GE)
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In GC (→GE) and FE there are no slurs in the R.H. Same as in the previous bars, these are certainly mistakes.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors of GC

b. 69

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Wedge & dot in A, probable reading

Staccato dots in A (possible reading→EE)

No marks in GC(→GE) & FE
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GC (→GE) and FE overlook stacc. in the part of the R.H. and the L.H.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Wedges , Errors of GC

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. 69

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In FE1 the octave sign is written from the beginning of bar 69. It is undoubtedly a mistake, corrected – most probably by Chopin – in FE2 (→FE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 69

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Three-note chord in A (→EE,GC→GE)

Octave in FE
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The octave in FE is most probably a result of an oversight of the engraver of FE1, although the missing completion of the middle note in later proofreadings may be perplexing. It is even more puzzling considering the fact that both in FE2 and in FE3 corrections were made in this bar and on this stave – in FE2 it was the octave sign that was corrected, while FE3 added flats lowering e2(3) to e2(3) and a3 to a3. In spite of that, the most plausible explanation of the missing middle note in this octave is, according to us, an error, and sanctioning it supplements in FE3 constitute a strong argument for at least partial non-authenticity of the changes introduced in this edition.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , FE revisions