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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 46

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In GC the 1st note was erroneously written a third lower – instead of F1 there is D1. The mistake was corrected in GE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: Terzverschreibung error , Errors of GC

b. 46

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slur in A (→FE, EE)

Slur in GC(→GE)
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In GC (→GE) the slur in the L.H. was dragged until the sustained F-c-f chord in the L.H.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 46

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

 
 
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In EE and FE there is no fermata in the part of the L.H., which is a result of an oversight.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , EE inaccuracies

b. 46

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Fingering written into FES

No teaching fingering
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In the main text we give the fingering which was probably written by Chopin's hand in FES.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FES

b. 46

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Minims in A (→EE,GC→GE)

Crotchets in FE
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FE has dotted crotchets instead of minims. It is hard to imagine that one could have committed such a striking mistake, therefore, it seems to be more plausible that the engraver changed Chopin's notation on purpose, most probably considering the chords in the L.H. and the R.H. as two beats filling this bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: FE revisions