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Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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b. 121

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

No slur in A (→FE1→GE,EE)

Slur in FE2
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There is no reason to doubt the authenticity of the slur added in the stage of proofreading FE2. The absence of the slur in A could have been caused by corrections – see the preceding note.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors resulting from corrections , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 129-130

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In A, the slur at the end of b. 129, the last on the page, clearly suggests that it should be continued, yet there is no ending thereof in b. 130. We assume – as FE (→GE,EE) did – that it reaches b, the 1st crotchet in b. 130. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 138

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Overlapping slurs in A, probable interpretation

Continuous slur in FE (→GE,EE)
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In A, the slur at the end of b. 137, which ends the line, clearly indicates that it should be continued, yet in b. 138 a new slur begins. This very frequent inaccuracy was interpreted by FE (→GE,EE) as a continuous slur. In the main text we suggest a different solution, since in b. 138 a new theme of the Ballade begins.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 140

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Slur to b. 141 in A (→FE)

Slur in b. 140 in GE & EE
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , EE inaccuracies

b. 141

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Continued slur in A (→FE→EE)

New slur in GE
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As was described in b. 140, the slur of A (→FE→EE) clearly continues the slur from the preceding bar, which, due to the vague position of the ending of the slur of FE in b. 140, was not included by GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE