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Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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Issues : FE revisions

b. 31

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Single slur in A

Double slur in #FE (→GE,EE)
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Chopin would sometimes use double slurs for pairs of L.H. octaves, e.g. in the Concerto in F minor, Op. 21, mov. III, b. 472-480. However, according to us, in the discussed place of the Ballade one can have doubts whether the top slur added by FE resulted from Chopin's proofreading or from a misunderstanding or a mistake of the engraver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , FE revisions

b. 32

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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There are no naturals before the outer notes of the 2nd L.H. crotchet (e-e1) in A. The inaccuracy was corrected already in FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Authentic corrections of FE , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 33

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In A, the only cautionary accidental is a  before c at the beginning of the bar. FE (→GE,EE) added a  before C and a  before e1, while EE and GE3 (→GE4) also a  before the g2 semiquaver. In the main text we include all the above accidentals.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , FE revisions

b. 40

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In A, there is no  before the top note of the L.H. octave in the middle of the bar (f) – the accidental appears only just before the f minim. Chopin's patent inaccuracy, resulting from the corrections to the L.H. part in this and the next bars, was rectified by FE (→GE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Authentic corrections of FE , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 41

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In the main text we add a cautionary  to f1. Chopin wrote in this bar a cautionary  to F in the middle of the bar, which was supplemented by FE (→GE,EE), in which an accidental was added to f. We also include those accidentals in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , FE revisions