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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 195

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Arpeggio signs in A (→FE,EE)

No signs in GC (→GE)
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The lack of arpeggio signs in GC (→GE) is most probably an oversight by the copyist.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC

b. 195

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In A there is no  before the lower note of the octave at the beginning of the bar (D). The accidental was added in all the remaining sources. GC overlooked a  rising f1 to f1 in the chord on the 2nd quaver. The error was rectified in GE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: Accidentals in different octaves

b. 195-196

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Short accents in A

Long accents in GC (→GE) & FE

Vertical accents in EE
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The four accents in A, although rather big, are nonetheless distinctly shorter than long accents e.g. in bars 39, 41-43 or 68. In GC accents are much longer what was reproduced in GE (the marks in GE are longer than accents in e.g. bars 179-180 or 184). FE has long accents as well, but EE arbitrarily replaced them with vertical accents.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 196

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

b, b2 & b3 in A (→GC→GE, →FE1→FE2)

b, b2 & b3 in FE3 & EE

b, b2 & b3 in our suggestion
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In front of the b, b2 and b3 notes in the 2nd half of the bar there are no accidentals in A (→GC→GE, →FE1→FE2), therefore the flats from the 1st half of the bar are valid. Moreover, the deletion of the sign in front of the bottom note of the chord in the L.H. visible in A and GC (in GC one can see that it was a ) proves that Chopin checked the correctness of notation in both manuscripts. The revisers of EE, FE3 added a  in front of these notes (b, b2 and b3). In the main text, in order to avoid doubts, we add cautionary flats in front of b and b2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Deletions in A , FE revisions , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 196

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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The flat lowering a3 to a3 is only in GE and EE. Lack of the sign in the remaining sources is an inaccuracy of notation, characteristic for Chopin.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in FE