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Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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Issues : Errors repeated in GE

b. 206

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Slur in A (→FE→GE1→GE1a,GE2→GE3), contextual interpretation & in EE

No slur in GE4
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In A, the slur that began in the previous bar (at the end of a line) was not continued here. This inaccuracy, so frequent in Chopin's works, was repeated by FE (→GE). We reproduce this incomplete, clearly erroneous version only in the graphic transcription, except for GE4, in which it was also the beginning of this slur in b. 205 that was removed. The ending of the slur was added only by EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions , Inaccurate slurs in A , Uncertain slur continuation , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE

b. 207

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In A (→FE→GE), there is no  raising f1 to f1. The inaccuracy, typical of Chopin, was corrected only by EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE

b. 254

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In all editions, this bar opens a new line, and there is a slur reaching the first L.H. note (B), which seems to be a continuation of the slur from the preceding bar. However, there is no L.H. part slur in the previous bar, which points to a mistake, most probably when prolonging the R.H. slur. Considering the division of the text into lines we adopted in our transcriptions, a reasonable reproduction of this notation is impossible.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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