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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Issues : Inaccuracies in FE

b. 184

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Staccato dot in A (→GC→GE)

No mark in FE

2 dots in EE
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The lack of staccato dot in FE results probably from an oversight or a lack of space. The second dot in EE cannot be authentic – it is either an arbitrary revision or a mistake.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 195-196

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Short accents in A

Long accents in GC (→GE) & FE

Vertical accents in EE
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The four accents in A, although rather big, are nonetheless distinctly shorter than long accents e.g. in bars 39, 41-43 or 68. In GC accents are much longer what was reproduced in GE (the marks in GE are longer than accents in e.g. bars 179-180 or 184). FE has long accents as well, but EE arbitrarily replaced them with vertical accents.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccuracies in GC