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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 186

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

c2 in A (→GC,FE,EE)

c2 in GE1 (→GE2)
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A  lowering c2 to c2, added in GE1 (→GE2) in the middle of bar, presents the last of the arbitrary revisions resulting from complete misunderstanding of Chopin's sequence in bars 185-186. The accidental was removed in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 187

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In GC (→GE) the slur in the R.H. was drawn from the beginning of the bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 187

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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FE1 overlooked the bottom note of the last semiquaver in the R.H. The error was corrected in FE2 (→FE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 188

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slur to 3rd quaver in A (literal reading→GC→GE)

Slur to 6th quaver in A (contextual interpretation→FE,EE)
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In A (→GC) the slur breaks in the middle of the bar, which in A is caused by the fact of writing the 2nd half on a new page. This is how it was understood in FE and EE, in which the slur reaches the end of the bar. In the graphic layout of GC, in which this bar is not divided, the erroneous shortening of the slur is not that obvious and was arbitrarily recreated in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 188

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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We add a cautionary  next to c1 in the 2nd quaver.

category imprint: Editorial revisions