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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 184

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Staccato dot in A (→GC→GE)

No mark in FE

2 dots in EE
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The lack of staccato dot in FE results probably from an oversight or a lack of space. The second dot in EE cannot be authentic – it is either an arbitrary revision or a mistake.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 184

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Sixth in A (→EE,GC→GE) & FE2 (→FE3)

Octave in FE1
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FE1 has an erroneous B1 instead of D as the bottom note of the 3rd quaver. The mistake was corrected in FE2 (→FE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Terzverschreibung error , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 184

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Two-note slur in A (→GC)

No slur in FE, EE & GE
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In the editors' opinion, the slur in A is a remnant of the original version, as in bar 180. In the discussed bar the longer slur added by Chopin in GC may even be regarded as joining the short one, which confirms our conviction that the long slur was meant by Chopin to replace the short one. It was reproduced that way in GE. The slur from A was overlooked in both FE and EE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 184

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

No slur in A (→FE,EE)

Slur in GC (→GE)
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The slur in GC (→GE) was almost certainly written by Chopin – cf. the analogous bar 180, where the corresponding slur occurs in all the sources. The omission of the slur in A was caused most likely by the deletions which forced Chopin to write most of this bar on an additional staff.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors resulting from corrections , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 185

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

b1 (no accidental) in A (→GC,FE,EE) & GE3

b1 (with ) in FEJ

b1 in GE1 (→GE2)
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In the main text we add a cautionary  next to b1 in the R.H. An identical pencilled addition, probably performed by Chopin's hand, can be seen in FEJ. The GE1 (→GE2) version must be an erroneous revision, one of a few in bars 185-186: see the note at the beginning and in the middle of the next bar. In GE3, the  lowering b1 to b1 was deleted.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Annotations in FEJ