Issues : Authentic corrections in GC

b. 53

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

R.H. part in A (→FE,EE)

GC (→GE1GE2)

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In A the original beginning of the bar was the following:

Chopin changed it then to the version offered by FE and EE:

The above correction was also included in GC, however, in this copy Chopin himself changed this place one more time; the new version was printed on this basis in GE1 (→GE2). We consider this version as definitive with one reservation:  we add a  lowering e2 to e2, overlooked during the correction. The addition, not so obvious without knowledge of previous Chopin's corrections, was introduced only in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A , Errors resulting from corrections , GE revisions , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 93

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

No sign in A (→FE,EE)

Arpeggio sign in GC (→GE)

Our variant suggestion

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In A (→FE,EE) there is no arpeggio. The sign, possibly added by Chopin, is featured in GC (→GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections in GC

b. 98-99

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

g1 repeated in A (→FE,EE)

g1 tied in GC (→GE)

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The tie to g1 in GC is thicker and more rounded than ties written by the copyist, at the same time it resembles closely the usual shape of Chopin's ties.. Therefore, it is very likely that Chopin added it in GC (→GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections in GC

b. 102

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Crotchet as1 in A (→FE,EE)

Quaver a1 in GC (→GE)

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections in GC

b. 110

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Octaves in A (→FE1,EE)

Chords with e3 in GC & FE2 (→FE3)

Chords with f3 in GE

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The octaves in A (→FE1,EE) are the original version – Chopin completed it by adding the e3 notes both in GC and in a proofreading of FE2 (→FE3). We give this version, corrected twice in a different period of time, in which the transition from the four-bar chord in the middle of the bar to the octave in bar 11 is smoother, thanks to the triads, as the main one. The f3 note on the last quaver in GE is most probably a result of a misinterpretation of the note in GC, which was written slightly too high.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in GE , Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections in GC