FE1
Main text
A - Autograph
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Revised impression of GE1
GE3 - Revised impression of GE2
GE4 - Corrected impression of GE3
GE1a - Album German edition
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Amended impression of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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  b. 170-171

Staccato dots in A

No marks in FE (→GE,EE)

It is uncertain whether the missing staccato/portato dots in FE (→GE,EE) resulted from proofreading (performed by Chopin, who changed the concept concerning the articulation of the quintuplets in b. 170-171) or from an oversight by the engraver. Even if they were accidentally overlooked (which is indicated by the fact that there are no traces of removal of these marks in FE), Chopin did not consider it necessary to add them, neither while proofreading FE (twice) nor while working on the Ballade with Miss O'Meara (married name Dubois). Due to the above, in the main text we give the version of the principal source, i.e. FE2.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE, Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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Original in: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris