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b. 33-34
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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Bar 33 ends the first side of A, and the R.H. slur written in it clearly suggests a continuation. However, on the new page, in bar 34, there is no completion of this slur. In none of the first editions does the slur extend to bar 34, however, in FE it extends beyond the last note of bar 33, which appears to be an insignificant inaccuracy, even if the engraver's intention was to convey the ambiguous notation of A. In the main text we provide a version with a slur leading to c category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , EE inaccuracies , Uncertain slur continuation |
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b. 34
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors of A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE |
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b. 35
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The slur of A, due to the high position of the L.H. chords in the form of a segment of a straight line, symmetrically encompasses 5 L.H. strikes. Consequently, its beginning falls between the 1st and the 2nd crotchet, as a result of which FE (→GE,EE) erroneously encompassed the entire bar with a slur. Cf. a similarly erroneous interpretation of the L.H. slurs in b. 37-39. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FE |
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b. 36
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The traces of corrections in print visible in FE reveal that the L.H. part was initially provided with one slur, running from the 2nd to the last crotchet. Therefore, the slurring of FE (→GE,EE) compliant with the notation of A resulted from proofreading, probably Chopinesque. category imprint: Source & stylistic information issues: Authentic corrections of FE |
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b. 36-39
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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In A, the pedal asterisks are irregularly distributed; moreover, it seems that they are accidental – the majority before the 3rd crotchet of a given half of the bar, yet some under (the 2nd one in b. 37) or after (the 2nd one in b. 38 and the 1st one in b. 39). Such a notation was not reproduced by FE; however, it is also here that the differences in the placement of the asterisks seem to be accidental – 5 out of 8 marks fall after the 3rd crotchet, while 3 under (in the 1st half of b. 36, 37 and 39). GE and EE tried to homogenise the placement of those marks:
In the main text we suggest a notation that could be called an averaged notation of A – all category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A |
2 in bar 34, which we consider a contextual interpretation of 
were placed before the 3rd crotchet except the last one (in b. 39), which was printed under (it should be mentioned that some marks were placed inaccurately, hence it is difficult to determine whether they were to be placed before or under a given note);