mUltimate Chopin

Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Issues : Errors in EE

b. 178

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slurs in A (→FE,GC→GE)

No slurs in EE
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Lack of the L.H. slurs is a characteristic error of the engraver of EE who omitted slurs in a new line of music..

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

b. 179-180

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slurs in A, contextual interpretation

Slurs in GC (literal reading)

Slurs in A (literal reading→FE,contextual interpretation of GC)

Slurs in GE

No slurs in EE
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The first slur in the L.H. is written "with panache," as a result of which it was misinterpreted both in GC and in FE. The slurs of GE are even more misleading, so that in GE the beginnings of both slurs were moved to the 1st quaver of each beat in bar 179. In the main text we give the obvious in this context interpretation of slurs of A. The lack of slurs in EE results from an oversight by the engraver (as in the previous bar).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Inaccurate slurs in A , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 179

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

d-f1 in A (→FE,GC→GE)

d-f-f1 in EE
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The EE version results presumably from an incomplete correction – the engraver tried to change the mistakenly printed lower note of the octave f-f1 for a d, but failed to remove the erroneous f.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Partial corrections

b. 183

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Staccato dot in A (→GC→GE)

No dot in FE & EE
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The lack of a staccato dot in FE and EE results most probably from oversight.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE

b. 183-184

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

b-g1 tied in A (→FE) & GE3

b-g1 repeated in GC (→GE1→GE2)

Only g1 tied in EE
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The ties sustaining the sixth b-g1 were overlooked – both in GC (→GE1→GE2), the lower one in EE. The mistake was corrected in GE3, possibly after FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , GE revisions , Errors of GC