Issues : Authentic corrections of FE
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b. 125
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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It is unclear whether sempre (più animato) was overlooked or removed by FE (→GE,EE). In the main text, however, we give this version, since it seems that it continues the direction of the agogic changes of the section that begins here; the changes were initiated already in A – see the note in b. 136. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE |
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b. 128-129
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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Both the range of the dashes marking the range of cresc. having been shortened and them having been overlooked resulted from inaccuracies by the engravers of GE1 and GE1a, respectively. category imprint: Differences between sources |
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b. 134-135
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The version introduced at the stage of proofreading FE (→GE,EE), certainly by Chopin, is definitely an improvement – the connection with the previous bar is smoother, while the shape of the applied motif refers to b. 126-129. The notation of A does not include any of the two necessary flats to a category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Omission of current key accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , Main-line changes , Inaccuracies in A |
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b. 136
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The più vivo indication was entered into A instead of the earlier sempre più vivo (which was deleted). According to us, the omission of sempre could have been correlated with it having been added before più animato in b. 126 (that sempre having been added later is evidenced by an unnaturally greater gap between sempre and più than between più and animato). In this situation, forgoing the indications in two places for a single più animato in b. 126, which we can see in FE (→GE,EE), can be considered the last stage of shaping the agogic changes in this fragment – Chopin could have assumed that such a solution would define here the relationships between the tempi in a simplest and most accurate manner, since it is from this bar that a new section begins, featuring a clearly different texture. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Errors in FE , Corrections in A , Deletions in A , Authentic corrections of FE |
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b. 137
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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It must have been Chopin who removed the natural to the 5th quaver while proofreading FE (→GE,EE). This is the second correction at this point – in A one can see that the next note was also changed, most likely from g category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Main-line changes |
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