Issues : Errors in GE
b. 233
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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In the available photograph of A, one cannot see the staccato dot over the c-c1 octave. Therefore, Chopin most probably added it while proofreading FE (→EE). The easiest explanation for the absence of the mark in GE is the engraver's oversight (cf. the note in the next bar). category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of FE |
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b. 234-236
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The 6 missing staccato dots over the L.H. octaves must be a mistake by the engraver of FE (→GE,EE); he overlooked these marks in the entire line and resumed adding them only just in b. 237. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors in FE , Errors in GE |
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b. 237
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The engraver of GE added his oversight at the beginning of this bar to the six staccato dots overlooked by FE. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors in GE |
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b. 243
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The version of GE1a is most probably a mistake by the engraver, although one cannot completely exclude a revision – the cautionary to b, present in the remaining sources, is not indispensable here and could have been considered erroneous. The engraver or reviser of GE1a was similarly overly zealous in, e.g. b. 232. category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: Errors in GE , Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , FE revisions |
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b. 245-246
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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In A, the slurs between these bars were being corrected – according to us, Chopin divided the initial continuous slur, which is indicated by the endings marking the division of the slur (the endings are clearly bolder, hence more important, final). However, the part of the initial slur that was supposed to be deleted was not eventually removed, hence FE (→EE) understood this correction the other way around (it is also likely that the correction was not there yet when FE was being engraved – see the description of FE). In the main text we give the slurs separated by Chopin. The versions of GE and GE1a, with the slur divided before the last sextuplet and after it, most probably resulted from mistakes or arbitrary revisions. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Errors in FE , Corrections in A , Errors resulting from corrections , Errors in GE , GE revisions |