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Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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b. 65-67

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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It is only GE that include the correct version of the R.H. rest in the 2nd half of b. 65. In A and EE, there is only a minim rest (without a dot), while in FE there is no rest at all. In the 1st half of b. 67, A (→FE→EE) contain only a minim rest too, which suggests that it was considered to be filling a half of the bar (analogously to a semibreve rest).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in A

b. 69

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

e1 tied in A, EE3 & GE4

e1 repeated in FE (→GE1→GE2→GE3,→EE1→EE2)
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The missing tie to the e1 minim in FE and in the majority of the impressions of GE and EE almost certainly results from an oversight of the engraver of FE1. It is proven by the lack of a dot prolonging this note in FE, which could not have resulted from proofreading (the dot, without which the rhythm in this bar is incomplete, was added by GE and EE). The tie was added by EE3 and GE4, most probably under the influence of an analogy to b. 77.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 77

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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The version of FE of the R.H. rhythm is wrong – the tied e1 crotchet and the dotted e2 crotchet are placed over the 3rd and 4th L.H. crotchets; in addition, the dot prolonging the e1 minim was removed (one can see traces of it having been removed). Therefore, it is most likely that the reviser (engraver?), confused by the wrong arrangement of notes, adjusted the rhythmic values in the 1st half of the bar to that wrong arrangement. The versions of the remaining sources are correct.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , FE revisions

b. 82

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Minim in A

Dotted minim in FE (→GE,EE)
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On the available photograph of A, the R.H. rhythm notation is vague – in the 1st half of the bar, there is an e2 minim and a crotchet rest; however, one can see a mark between them that can be considered a blurred dot prolonging the minim. If we included that dot (as it was done by FE (→GE,EE)), there would be too many rhythmic values; therefore, the editions left out the rest. According to us, the notation of A is not erroneous; the alleged dot is most probably an accidental fleck of ink, one of many visible in this manuscript.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in A

b. 102-104

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Rests on 6th beat in A

No rests in FE (→GE,EE)
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In the main text, we give the simplified notation of FE (→GE,EE). It does not seem that the rests were being removed; however, in this case, the strict notation of A constitutes a superfluous graphic complication.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: FE revisions