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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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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. 55

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Literal reading of A (→GC,FE1) – notes e

Notes e in FE2 (→FE3), EE & GE, contextual interpretation of A (→GC,FE1)
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In A (→GC,FE1) there are no accidentals in this bar. The e notes, present in two previous bars and in a few subsequent ones, including in analogous bar 57, indicate here Chopin's omission of the flats lowering e to e, which is one of the most frequent errors he was known to commit. The conclusion is confirmed by the addition of a  lowering e3 to e3 in FE2 (→FE3). Two remaining necessary flats in this bar were added in FE3, yet one of them was misplaced before the upper note of the third, so it lowers g2 to g2 (the error is corrected by a pencilled entry in FED, cf. also bar 57). In GE and EE all three necessary flats were added.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , Errors resulting from corrections , Terzverschreibung error , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , FE revisions

b. 55

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In FED there is a pencilled entry, probably coming from Chopin – deletion of the erroneously written  lowering g2 to g2 and addition of the correct sign lowering e2 to e2.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 185

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

b1 (no accidental) in A (→GC,FE,EE) & GE3

b1 (with ) in FEJ

b1 in GE1 (→GE2)
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In the main text we add a cautionary  next to b1 in the R.H. An identical pencilled addition, probably performed by Chopin's hand, can be seen in FEJ. The GE1 (→GE2) version must be an erroneous revision, one of a few in bars 185-186: see the note at the beginning and in the middle of the next bar. In GE3, the  lowering b1 to b1 was deleted.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Annotations in FEJ