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Op. 38, Ballade in F major

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b. 68

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slur continued in A (→FE,EE)

One-bar slur in GC (→GE)
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After a three-bar-long break, the copyist returned to rewriting slurs in the part of the L.H. The slur written in GC (→GE) is, however, inaccurate – it includes only this bar. In the main text we give the longer slur of A (→FE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 68

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slurs in A (→FE,EE)

No slurs in GC(→GE)
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In GC (→GE) and FE there are no slurs in the R.H. Same as in the previous bars, these are certainly mistakes.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors of GC

b. 69-70

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slur in A & FE2 (→FE3)

No slur in FE1

Slur in GC (→GE) & EE
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In FE1 there is no slur in the L.H., which was corrected in FE2 (→FE3).
In GC (→GE) and EE the slur is dragged to the first quaver in the next bar. The copyist and the engraver of EE could have been misled by a non-deleted trace of the original version of the  sign.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Errors in FE , Errors resulting from corrections , EE inaccuracies , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 71-76

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slurs in A (→FE,EE)

GC

GE
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In GC the slurs in bars 71-76 are written inaccurately, yet in the majority of the cases they embrace the bar from the first to the last note (only in bar 72 the slur clearly starts from the 2nd note). GE has bar-long slurs in all these bars. In the main text we give the slurs of A (→FE,EE), distinctly different despite slight inaccuracies at line breaks. See also bars 77-79.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 77-79

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

Slurs in A (→FE,EE)

No slurs in GC

Slurs in GE
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The missing slurs in GC in bars 77-78 are certainly the copyist's oversight. In GE they were added after the slurs of GC (erroneous) in the previous bars (see bars 71-76). In the main text we give the precisely written slurring of A (→FE,EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of GC