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Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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b. 54

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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The deletion visible in A allows us to decipher the initial version of this crotchet, i.e. probably C-G.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

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

b. 54-55

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In A, the 2nd group of quavers in b. 54 and both in b. 55 are marked in an abridged manner as a repetition of the 1st group in b. 54.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 55

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In FE, both C crotchets are misplaced, i.e. under the last quaver in a respective half of the bar. GE and EE did not repeat this mistake.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 56-60

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In b. 56 in A, one can see a deleted d2 quaver, written initially at the end of the 1st half of the bar, perhaps by mistake – cf. b. 58. However, an identical correction 4 bars later, in b. 60, suggests another possibility – d2 could have been an element of the initial version of these passages.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A

b. 56

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Slurs in A, contextual interpretation

Slur in A, different interpretation

Slurs in FE (→GE,EE)
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When interpreted literally, the slur from the previous bars reaches the 4th or the 5th quaver, crossing a new slur on its way, encompassing b. 56-57. According to us, this notation may have at least 3 interpretations:

  • the ending of the slur from b. 54-55 is led too far so that the slur is supposed to reach the 1st quaver in b. 56 only. We consider this version to be most likely and give it in the main text;
  • the overlapping slurs are supposed to be one slur, which we give as an alternative solution;
  • the slur beginning in b. 56 is inaccurate – it should start only after the previous one ends. It corresponds, more or less, with the notation of FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , Inaccuracies in A