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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Issues : Inaccuracies in GC

b. 101-102

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

 in EE
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The lack of dynamic hairpins in GC (→GE) and FE ( ), and in EE () results from a misleading notation in A, where those signs can be mistaken for fragments of L.H. slurs.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 103-104

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slur to a in A (→FE)

Slur to c1 in GC (→GE)

Slur to to d in EE
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We give the range of slur according to A (→FE). The notation in GC (→GE) is inaccurate, and in EE probably revised in order to avoid a note without slur.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 106

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

 in A

No  in FE, EE & GC→GE
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In A  in this bar is written under the corrected version of the deletion in the L.H. and remained unnoticed by the copyist (which was passed to GE) and the engravers of FE and EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 107

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In GC, the dot mistakenly extends the c2 crotchet instead of g1. The error was corrected in GE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 111

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slur in A (→FE,EE) & GE

GC
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The slur in GC extends up to the end of the first half of the bar. This patent inaccuracy was corrected in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC