Issues : EE revisions
b. 174
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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In FE, there are no dots prolonging the 1st chord. The patent mistake was corrected by GE and EE. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions |
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b. 179
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The individual voices of the polymetric R.H. figure are not strictly placed in any of the sources, regardless of whether with respect to each other or whether with respect to the L.H. quavers. According to us, as far as the mutual relations between the R.H. voices are concerned, the only imprecision in the notation of A (→FE), i.e. all voices falling on the a1-d1-g2 chord, is intentional and directly indicates the performance manner intended by Chopin. In turn, the attempts of GE and EE to perfect this notation are unsuccessful – in both editions the quaver triplet in the top voice fills the last crotchet of the bottom voice quadruplet, which is a mistake, since the top voices are formally written down in a regular three-crotchet division. Moreover, the aforementioned chord was divided by EE, which, although mathematically correct, is contrary to the Chopinesque notation and most probably to the performance too. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A |
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b. 194-195
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The analysis of the corrections of slurs in similar motifs that are visible in A – in b. 8-19, 100-101 and perhaps 198-199, one can see that the slurs were being prolonged so that they reached the minim ending the motif – leads to the conclusion that the slur in the discussed bars is the initial version of slurring of this figure, left by inadvertence. Therefore, in the main text we give a longer slur, compliant with the final slurring concept. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Omitted correction of an analogous place |
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b. 195
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The missing slur and dots in FE (→GE) must be an oversight by the engraver; he also overlooked a slur in the previous bar. The markings were added by EE. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE |
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b. 195-205
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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In the main text we add slurs to the staccato dots with which the pairs of L.H. crotchets are marked in these bars (Chopin wrote such slurs only in the 2nd halves of b. 196, 198 and 200). We provide an extensive justification of this decision in the note concerning b. 9-21. As was the case there, slurs were added here also by EE3 (except for the 2nd half of b. 199). category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: EE revisions , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , FE revisions |