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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 106

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

 in A

No  in FE, EE & GC→GE
..

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

b. 115

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

in A (→FE,GC→GE)

No marking in EE
..

The lack of  results almost certainly from an oversight by the engraver of EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: EE inaccuracies

b. 123-124

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

in A

in GC (→GE)

in FE

No sign in EE
..

Similarly to the slur, the moment where the  hairpin begins is not obvious in the manuscripts. We assume that the sign in A has the character of a long accent, and starts slightly before the a crotchet. However, the sign in GC starts after the minim at the beginning of the bar, as it was interpreted by GE which is based on this copy. The shortening of the hairpin in FE resulted most probably from the line-break, and the sign in EE was overlooked.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Errors in EE , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 124-125

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

 in A (→GC→GE)

No sign in FE

in EE
..

The lack of  hairpin is most probably an oversight by the engraver of FE. The much shorter sign in EE is likely inaccurate.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , EE inaccuracies

b. 125-126

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

 in A (→GC,FE)

in EE

in GE
..

The  hairpin under the L.H. motif in bars 125-126 is shorter than in similar situations, which must have resulted from the transition to a new page. In the main text we give a longer mark modelled after the previous bars; such a version is included also in GE. In the remaining editions the hairpin was shortened with respect to the notation of A, which could not have been intended by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies