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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Issues : Wedges

b. 69

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Wedge & dot in A, probable reading

Staccato dots in A (possible reading→EE)

No marks in GC(→GE) & FE
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GC (→GE) and FE overlook stacc. in the part of the R.H. and the L.H.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Wedges , Errors of GC

b. 136

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

3 staccato dots in A (probable reading→EE) & GE

2 dots in GC

3 wedges in A, possible reading

2 wedges in FE
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It is not entirely clear what staccato marks were intened by Chopin in this bar. They resemble dots In A despite being bigger than usual – possibly Chopin emboldened them to make them better visible, or changed wedges for dots. FE read them as wedges (except for the omitted L.H. mark), GC and EE – as dots (in the copy the L.H. mark was omitted, and reinstated in GE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Wedges , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 140

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Staccato dots in A (→EE,GC→GE)

Wedges in FE
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Two staccato marks written in A seem to be dots despite being bigger than usual – possibly Chopin emboldened them to make them better visible. FE read them as wedges.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Wedges , Inaccuracies in A

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