Issues : GE revisions

b. 34

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Omissions to cancel alteration , GE revisions , Errors of A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 36-39

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Pedalling in A, literal reading

Pedalling in FE

Pedalling in GE

Pedalling in EE

Pedalling suggested by the editors

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In A, the pedal asterisks are irregularly distributed; moreover, it seems that they are accidental – the majority before the 3rd crotchet of a given half of the bar, yet some under (the 2nd one in b. 37) or after (the 2nd one in b. 38 and the 1st one in b. 39). Such a notation was not reproduced by FE; however, it is also here that the differences in the placement of the asterisks seem to be accidental – 5 out of 8 marks fall after the 3rd crotchet, while 3 under (in the 1st half of b. 36, 37 and 39). GE and EE tried to homogenise the placement of those marks:

  • in GE all  were placed before the 3rd crotchet except the last one (in b. 39), which was printed under (it should be mentioned that some marks were placed inaccurately, hence it is difficult to determine whether they were to be placed before or under a given note);
  • in EE all  were placed under the 3rd crotchet except the last one, which was printed after.

In the main text we suggest a notation that could be called an averaged notation of A – all  under the 3rd or the 6th crotchet in the bar. We consider such a notation, compliant with the harmonic structure of this fragment, to be a contextual interpretation of the notation of A.
Similar problems are also to be found further on, in b. 40-43 and 138-144.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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

b. 37

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 37-39

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

No slurs in A (→FE)

Slurs in GE & EE

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In A (→FE) the R.H. slurring is clearly incomplete in these bars – there is no reason for the 2nd figure in b. 37 and the first figures in b. 38-39, over which there are no slurs, to be performed differently from the rest. Therefore, in the main text we supplement the slurs after the first three figures in this four-bar section (in b. 36-37). The slurs were also added by GE and EE.
See also the note in the 2nd half of b. 38.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 38-39

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Slur to last quaver in A (→FEEE)

2 slurs in GE

Slur to b. 39 suggested by the editors

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Unlike in b. 36-37, the slur in the 2nd half of b. 38 is led in A (→FEEE) only to the last quaver in the bar. We consider it an inaccuracy; in the main text, we lead it to the tied crotchet at the beginning of the next bar (in accordance with the slurs of the remaining similar figures). The difference between those versions of notation is of purely graphical nature, since both bear the same meaning. It is also in GE that the slur is longer here; however, it was added over the original, shorter slur and not instead of it.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A