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Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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b. 220-221

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In A, there are no rests in the top voice. Chopin would often omit such rests in obvious situations; however, he was not always consistent – cf. b. 216 (without rests) and 218 (with a rest). Anyways, the two-part notation is marked by the direction of the stems. This notation was reproduced by FE, yet rests were added in b. 221, perhaps at Chopin's request. Therefore, in this situation b. 220 having been left without a rest must be considered an inadvertence, hence, to avoid doubts, we add a rest also in this bar in the main text. In GE and EE the absence of a rest prompted the engravers to make the stem of the c minim point upwards, which turned an inaccurate notation into a wrong notation.

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

b. 225

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

g2 quaver in sources

Additional crotchet suggested by the editors
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A comparison with all analogous figures (b. 217, 219 and 227) proves Chopin's inadvertence here.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in A

b. 233

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

4 crotchets in A (→FE→EE)

2 crotchets in GE
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The version of GE, in which the additional crotchet stems are only at the beginning of both quaver groups, is most probably a double oversight by the engraver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE