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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Issues : Errors in EE

b. 194

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

b1 in A (→FE,GC→GE)

d2 in EE
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The EE version is certainly erroneous – the engraver mistook this bar for the previous one.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Terzverschreibung error

b. 196

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Arpeggio sign in A (→FE,GC→GE)

No sign in EE
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The lack of an arpeggio sign in EE is most probably an oversight by the engraver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

b. 196

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

No sign in A (→FE,GC→GE)

Arpeggio sign in EE
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The arpeggio sign added in EE may be regarded as a revision, although one cannot exclude a mistake – the engraver might have mistaken for an arpeggio sign one of the lines that form the treble clef.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE

b. 197

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Staccato dot in A (probable reading→GC)

Wedge in A, possible reading

No mark in EE, FE & GE.
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It is not completely clear whether the staccato mark in A is a dot or a wedge. In the main text we give a dot for despite its irregular shape the mark is similar in size to a dot. That is how it was also understood by the copyist. In EE, FE and GE, probably due to a mistake, the mark was omitted.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Errors in GE , Wedges