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Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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b. 40

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In A, there is no  before the top note of the L.H. octave in the middle of the bar (f) – the accidental appears only just before the f minim. Chopin's patent inaccuracy, resulting from the corrections to the L.H. part in this and the next bars, was rectified by FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Authentic corrections of FE , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 40

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Slur over 2 crotchets in A

Slur over 2nd half of bar in FE (→GE,EE)
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As in b. 37-39, FE (→GE,EE) misinterpreted the range of the L.H. slur of A in the 2nd half of the bar (the slur in the 1st half was reproduced correctly).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Embracing slurs

b. 40

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

signs in A

signs in FE (→EE)

signs in GE
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As in the previous four-bar section, in this and the next bars, the  marks are placed in the sources inaccurately and inconsistently, hence we homogenise their position in the main text.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccuracies in A

b. 41-42

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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As in b. 40, in each half of the bar, Chopin changed the structure of voices in the L.H. part – the initial version of notation repeated the versions of b. 37-38.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 41

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In the main text we add a cautionary  to f1. Chopin wrote in this bar a cautionary  to F in the middle of the bar, which was supplemented by FE (→GE,EE), in which an accidental was added to f. We also include those accidentals in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , FE revisions