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Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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Issues : Cautionary accidentals

b. 27

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In the main text we omit the superfluous  (cautionary?) before a1, present in all sources.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

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. 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

b. 45-47

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

f1 & f2 in A (→FE→EE1)

f1 & f2 in GE & EE2 (→EE3)

f1 & f2 with naturals suggested by the editors
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In A (→FE,EE1), there is no accidental to f1(2), the 1st quaver in b. 45 and 47. It made the reviser of GE, and then also of EE2 (→EE3), to consider it Chopin's mistake and to add a  to each of those notes. To avoid any doubts, in the main text we add cautionary naturals to them, in spite of the fact that there are no f notes in the preceding bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 47

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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