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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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p. 5, b. 83-111
p. 1, b. 1-30
p. 2, b. 31-52
p. 3, b. 53-67
p. 4, b. 68-82
p. 5, b. 83-111
p. 6, b. 112-140
p. 7, b. 141-155
p. 8, b. 156-171
p. 9, b. 172-186
p. 10, b. 187-204
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GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2
EE - English edition
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  b. 111-112

Tied octave in A (→FE1,EE,GC→GE) & FE3

Repeated octave in FE2

The B1-B octave, sustained at the transition between bars 111 and 112, is probably the original version of this place, changed in a proofreading of FE2, probably by Chopin. Playing the octave at the beginning of bar 112 could have aimed at, e.g., achieving rhythmic similarity with analogous bars 136-137. The slurs were then returned in FE3, the authenticity of this change is however not as likely as in the previous case, as a lot points to a significant, if not the exclusive, participation of the reviser in a proofreading of FE3. Hence we give the version of FE2, probably corrected by Chopin, as the main one. 

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE, FE revisions

notation: Rhythm

Missing markers on sources: A, GC, FE1, FE2, FE3, FEJ, FED, FES, EE1, GE1, GE2, GE3
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