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Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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Issues : Accidentals in different octaves

b. 222-223

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In A, there is no  to the bottom note of the 2nd L.H. crotchet in b. 222 (f) and the last R.H. quaver in b. 223 (f2). FE added only the former, while GE and EE include both.
In the main text we add a cautionary  to b in the middle of b. 222.

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

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in A

b. 224-226

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In A (→FE), in b. 224 and 226, the accidentals in the R.H. part are present only at the beginning of the quaver figuration – before a2 in b. 224 and a1 and a2 in b. 226. The missing flats to the topmost note in these bars were added 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. 225-227

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In A (→FE), Chopin overlooked the sharps raising f3 to f3 in b. 225 and 227. The accidentals were added by EE, while GE repeated both accidentals before these sixths,  and .

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. 228-229

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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The chromatic notation of A is inaccurate in a peculiar way – Chopin overlooked the  to the bottom note of the 1st octave in b. 228 (B1) and the accidentals to the bottom notes of the sixths on the 4th quaver in both bars (a2 and f2, respectively). It is also noteworthy that there is a cautionary  to f2, but not a quaver earlier to f1. FE added only a  to B1.
GE and EE added the remaining necessary accidentals to the version of FE, while GE also added cautionary naturals to f1 and f3. The former was also added by EE2 (→EE3), which results in a version adopted to the main text.
See also the notes in the next bar.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , FE revisions , Last key signature sign , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in FE

b. 230

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In A Chopin overlooked the  to the bottom note of the 1st L.H. octave (F). The accidental was added by FE (→GE,EE). In the R.H. part A includes a cautionary accidental only to e1. In the main text we also add naturals to c1 and c2; they were also added by GE and, gradually, by EE – to c1 in EE2 (→EE3), only to c2 in EE3.

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

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Cautionary accidentals , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in A