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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 174

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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All editions overlooked a staccato dot over the 1st L.H. quaver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 174

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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We add a cautionary  before d3 in the first semiquaver.in the main text. We also omit the needlessly repeated  before g2 in the 2nd half of the bar.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 174

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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The two-part notation used in sources in the 2nd half of the bar – see bar 170.

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

b. 174

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slur from 1st semiquaver in A (→GC→GE)

Slur from 2nd semiquaver in FE & EE
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The slur in 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 174-175

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In the first half of the bar, in A (→EE,GC→GE) the L.H. beam links all three quavers. In FE the first quaver is separated from the following two, what seems not to be the result of Chopin's correction.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccuracies in FE