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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Issues : FE revisions

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. 197-201

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

No slur in A (→EE,GC→GE)

Slur in FE
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The L.H. slur added in FE is one of a few elements indicating a perfunctory revision (by the editor, Fontana, Chopin?) of FE1. We give it in the main text because this phrase echoes the beginning of the Ballade, where parts of both hands were provided with slurs by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: FE revisions