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Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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b. 198

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Slur in A, possible contextual interpretation

in A, different reading

No sign in FE (→GE,EE)
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In the available photograph of A, it seems that the mark entered under a part of the quaver figure is an inaccurate slur of the original range (only to the last quaver). The longer slur entered over the figure must be the final version (see b. 194-195), hence we give it in the main text as the only one, in compliance with FE (→GE,EE).
According to us, the possible slur could also be a  mark, of which it is only the upper arm that is visible in the photograph (cf.  in b. 200). Due to the uncertainty concerning the interpretation of the mark and its absence in the principal source (FE), we do not include it in the main text.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in A

b. 198

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In the main text, we omit the  that appears in all sources and is unnecessarily repeated before f1 in the 2nd half of bar.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 199

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Slur in A (→FE→EE,GE)

No slur in GE1a
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The missing slur over the b-d1 thirds must be an oversight by the engraver of GE1a. See also b. 204.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 199

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In A one can see that the last two crotchets were initially d1-g1-b1 chords, out of which Chopin eventually removed the d1 notes (he introduced an analogous correction into b. 99 only just while proofreading FE).

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 202-204

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In A we can see the deleted initial version of the first two chords in the bottom L.H. voice, i.e. g-b-c1.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

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