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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 62

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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FE and GE unnecessarily repeat cautionary naturals next to the E1-E octave. It is a result of literal execution of the manuscripts' abbreviated notation. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 63

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

a1 in A (→FE,EE) & GE3

g1 in GC (→GE1→GE2)
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The version in GC (→GE1→GE2) is certainly erroneous, for the copy shows no sign of Chopin's correction there. The mistake is probably of a "musical-pianistic" type, and not a lapsus calami – the chord with g1 corresponds exactly to the range of the two last groups of four semiquavers in bar 62. The change in GE3 was introduced presumably after the following bar or FE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: Errors in GE

b. 64

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Octave in A (→EE,GC→GE)

Single A1 in FE
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The lowest component of the 2nd chord in the R.H. was certainly corrected in GC from b to a; in the topmost component of the first octave in the L.H. there are also clear traces of correction, probably from F to A. It is hard to state clearly whether they are Gutman's own corrections or whether it was Chopin that noticed and corrected the wrong pitch while reviewing GC. The second possibility seems to be less plausible, as in FE this note was totally overlooked, which remained unnoticed by Chopin who was correcting this edition. Cf. the annotation in bar 13. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GC , Alterations in GC

b. 65

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Before the first chord, in all sources an superfluous cautionary  occurs next to e1. We omit it in the main text, adding a cautionary  before c1, and a  before b1 instead. The latter was added already in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 65

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In the main text we add a cautionary  next to d in the L.H. in bars 65 and 66.

category imprint: Editorial revisions