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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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p. 7, b. 141-155
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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FE3 - Corrected impression of FE2
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FED - Dubois copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
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  b. 150

A (→GC,FE1) has no naturals before the upper notes of the 4th and 12th semiquaver (b1 and b2). This inaccuracy, characteristic of Chopin, was gradually corrected in FE – the first  was added in FE2, the second in FE3. All these sources have no  before the 7th L.H. note, b. This, however, is not an error because a b in the 2nd R.H. semiquaver is placed with the appropriate  on the lower staff. The remaining editions have a fully correct text.
Moreover, in the main text we remove the  repeated before g1 in the 8th semiquaver, present in all the sources.

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions, Accidentals in different octaves, Omission of current key accidentals, Authentic corrections of FE, Authentic corrections in GC, Inaccuracies in A

notation: Pitch

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