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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Issues : Errors repeated in EE

b. 124

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In A (→EE,GC→GE1), the first note in the R.H. lower part mistakenly has the value of a minim. The error was rectified in FE and GE2(→GE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Rhythmic errors , FE revisions , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 148

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In A the only accidentals in this bar are two sharps: before G at the beginning of the bar, and g in the R.H. The  before the bottom note of the octave was added in all remaining sources. Besides this  Chopin wrote into GC three more naturals, before the 1st semiquaver (b), and before the last octave (B1-B). GE supplemented the record of GC with a  before b at the start of the 2nd half of the bar (this note is written in the sources on the lower staff). That  was also added in FE2 (→FE3) and EE. The latter further added only both accidentals at the beginning of bar leaving the last octave without naturals.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , FE revisions , Authentic corrections in GC , Errors repeated in EE

b. 185

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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There are no naturlas restoring d1-d2 on the last semiquaver in the R.H. It is a patent inadvertence of Chopin's.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: Omissions to cancel alteration , Errors of A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE