Issues : Corrections in A
b. 216
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The deletion visible in A reveals that Chopin initially wrote a crotchet stem for the a2 quaver; eventually, however, he decided to replace it with an accent. category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A |
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b. 224-226
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The correction to the last quaver in b. 226 visible in A – it was probably the e2-g2 third that was deleted – could be considered an improvement introduced due to a different bass sequence. However, the last quaver was also corrected in b. 224, where the bass is the same as in the previous two occurrences of analogous bars (b. 216 and 218). Therefore, it seems that Chopin was already certain of the concept of both versions of this quaver while writing b. 224; however, the versions overlapped in his mind, thus resulting in mistakes in both places. category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Corrections in A , Errors resulting from corrections , Deletions in A , Main-line changes |
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b. 235
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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The deletion visible in A next to the c-c1 octave most probably covers the initial version of this octave. According to us, it could have been d-d1. category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A |
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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 |
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b. 247
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composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor
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In A, one can see two more deleted notes between the c3 and b2 quavers; in addition, the not entirely removed stem of the former was left untouched. Consequently, it probably caused the mistake of FE, in which one can see traces of removal of a redundant note, most probably c3, placed between d3 and c3. It is uncertain what the aim of the corrections of A was. Below we present a hypothetical reconstruction of a respective fragment with the removed notes having been revealed: . The notation can be explained as follows:
category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Corrections in A , Errors resulting from corrections , Deletions in A , Authentic corrections of FE |