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A - Autograph
FC - Fontana's copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
FES - Stirling copy
FESf - Schiffmacher copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1
EE3 - Corrected impression of EE2
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  b. 310-311

In both bars the L.H. part was eventually crossed out after a series of alterations and rewritten on an adjacent stave. In the deleted version, most probably identical with the final one in terms of pitch, the following are noteworthy:

  • Direction of the top voice crotchet stems. They are directed downwards, which means that Chopin opted for strictly two-part notation only when preparing the Scherzo for print. The starting point was the homogeneous movement of the crotchets while holding some notes to achieve a fuller sound ('harmonic legato'). See also b. 326-329.
  • Whole-bar slurs, not included in the final version.
  • A removed mark over the c minim in b. 310, independent from the deletion of the entire bars, so probably earlier. It was probably a rest, which would suggest that its absence in the final version could have been intentional. However, Chopin could have added a rest, since he was considering to change to a strictly two-part notation; then he realised that he would have to introduce more corrections and removed the rest with the intention of rewriting the whole L.H. part from scratch.

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category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A, Deletions in A

notation: Shorthand & other

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