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Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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Issues : Accidentals in different octaves

b. 164-165

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In these bars, there are no flats to a1 and A in A (→FE) (the accidental to a at the end of b. 164 is not necessary due to a respective  to the L.H. chord). What is more, the remaining necessary flats were inserted only in the first half of each of these bars. Moreover, in A Chopin even deleted the  that was initially put to G in b. 165 (cf. the description of A in some Preludes, Op. 28, e.g. in F minor, No. 8). GE and EE include the version adopted by us.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in A , 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. 217-219

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In A (→FE) there are no sharps raising f2(3) to f2(3) in b. 217 and 219. The inaccuracy, typical of Chopin, was corrected by GE and EE. Chopin wrote in A cautionary naturals to a1 in both bars and to a in b. 219; they were repeated by all editions. FE (→GE,EE) also added a  to a1 in b. 217. In the main text we include all these accidentals.
Moreover, GE added in both bars a cautionary  also to a2.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 218

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In A (→FE) there are no flats lowering a2(3) to a2(3). The accidentals were added both by GE and EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 220-221

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In A (→FE) there are neither cautionary naturals to f1(2) nor flats lowering a2 to a2 (in both bars) in the main text. GE added all the above accidentals; in addition, a  was added to f3. EE, in turn, added both flats and a  to f1.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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