Issues : Accompaniment changes

b. 14-16

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In A, one can see deletions of the bottom notes on the 2nd and 3rd crotchets in b. 14 and 16. Initially, they looked as follows: e1-b1-c2 and c1-e1-g1, respectively. See also b. 23.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 23

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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As in b. 14 and 16, in the last two R.H. crotchets, one can see in A traces of removal of the initially written bottom notes, g.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 40

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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In A one can see that initially the 2nd and 5th L.H. crotchets consisted of 3 notes, as in b. 36. The size of the deletions suggests that the removed notes – b and a, respectively – were minims, which means that the bottom notes of the top voice on the 3rd and 6th crotchets were almost certainly added later. It is also the top notes of the octaves on the 1st and 4th crotchets that were most probably added later, hence in the L.H. part the bar was identical to b. 36. There is a similar situation in the next two bars.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 41-42

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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As in b. 40, in each half of the bar, Chopin changed the structure of voices in the L.H. part – the initial version of notation repeated the versions of b. 37-38.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 54

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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The deletion visible in A allows us to decipher the initial version of this crotchet, i.e. probably C-G.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes