mUltimate Chopin

Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Issues : EE inaccuracies

b. 99

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

 in A (→GC→GE)

No sign in FE & EE
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FE and EE overlooked  over the 2nd half of bar. In GE it was moved between the staves.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Placement of markings , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies

b. 101-102

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

 in EE
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The lack of dynamic hairpins in GC (→GE) and FE ( ), and in EE () results from a misleading notation in A, where those signs can be mistaken for fragments of L.H. slurs.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 101-102

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slurs in A

Slur in GC (→GE) & FE

Slurs in EE
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The bottom arms of the   hairpins written in A look like combined slurs, which misled both the copyist and the engraver of FE. The version of EE also results from a misunderstanding of the notation of A, although in this case it was rather the deletion of the abandoned version of bar 102 that contributed to the misunderstanding.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , EE inaccuracies , Errors of GC

b. 103-104

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slur to a in A (→FE)

Slur to c1 in GC (→GE)

Slur to to d in EE
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We give the range of slur according to A (→FE). The notation in GC (→GE) is inaccurate, and in EE probably revised in order to avoid a note without slur.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 106

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

 in A

No  in FE, EE & GC→GE
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In A  in this bar is written under the corrected version of the deletion in the L.H. and remained unnoticed by the copyist (which was passed to GE) and the engravers of FE and EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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