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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Issues : EE inaccuracies

b. 155

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

cresc. - - - in A (→GC→GE)

cresc. - - - in FE

cresc. in EE

cresc. - - - suggested by the editors
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In the main text we place the cresc. - - - between the staves, for it pertains not only to the progression of the L.H. Chopin wrote it below the lower staff probably out of concern for the legibility of A – in bar 156 the semiquaver beams and stems are written between staves and make placing the indication there virtually impossible. FE and EE introduced a similar shift.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE inaccuracies

b. 173

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slurs from 2nd quaver in A (→FE)

Slurs from 1st quaver in GC (→GE)

No slurs in EE
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Characteristic of Gutmann, written with elan, the L.H. slurs in GC (→GE) are certainly inaccurate. EE overlooked both slurs.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC