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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 124

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In A (→EE,GC→GE1), the first note in the R.H. lower part mistakenly has the value of a minim. The error was rectified in FE and GE2(→GE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Rhythmic errors , FE revisions , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 124

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Basses tied in A (→FE,GC→GE)

Repeated basses in EE
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EE overlooked the ties sustaining the bass foundations G in bars 124-125 and c from 2nd half of bar 129 to the beginning of bar 131.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

b. 125-126

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

No G in bar 126 in A (→FE,EE,GC→GE)

G suggested by the editors
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In the sources there is no extension of G to bar 126 (note and tie). It is almost certainly Chopin's oversight, related to the transition from bar 126 to a new page in A. Cf. analogous bars 101, 107 and 132.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Errors of A

b. 126

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Dotted crotchet in FE, EE & GE
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In A (→GC), the lack of the dot extending the first crotchet of the R.H. lower voice is almost certainly an oversight by Chopin. The dot was added in all editions.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in A

b. 127

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Crotchet g1 in A (→FE,EE)

Quaver g1 in GC (→GE)
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As in analogous bar 102, the rhythm in the upper voice of the R.H. has two versions in the sources. In the main text we present the version of GC (→GE). This time the correction is inaccurate – Chopin added a quaver flag to the g1 note but   forgot the rest, as a result of which the bar in the upper voice has only 5 quavers. The obvious mistake was corrected in GE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors resulting from corrections , GE revisions , Authentic corrections in GC