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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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Issues : Terzverschreibung error

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. 48

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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FE1 has b1 instead of d2 as the bottom note of the last semiquaver in the R.H. The concurrent versions of A and FE2 (→FE3) – the latter corrected probably by Chopin – point to an undoubted mistake.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Terzverschreibung error , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 50

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In FE1 the third semiquaver in the L.H. is an erroneous c instead of A.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Terzverschreibung error , Authentic corrections of FE

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. 56

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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In EE the second semiquaver in the L.H. has an erroneous e instead of c.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Terzverschreibung error