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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 654-657

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No markings in A (→FE→EE)

cresc. - - - in FC

cresc. in GE1

 & cresc. - - - in GE2 (→GE3)
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In the main text we give the cresc. indication added by Chopin in FC along with the dashes marking its range within b. 654-663. Just like in b. 203-212, the dashes were overlooked in GE1 and added in GE2 (→GE3) while modifying the initial section of crescendo after analogous b. 71-72: cresc. was moved to b. 655, and a  was added in b. 654.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 656

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Small crotchet in A (→FC→GE1, →FE→EE)

Acciaccatura in GE2 (→GE3)
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In the main text we give the only authentic notation of the ornament, written in A. However, we accept the notation of GE2 (→GE3), since it almost certainly marks the same performance.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 657

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

 without  in A (→FE→EE) & GE2 (→GE3)

with [] suggested by the editors

No  in FC (→GE1)
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The missing  in FC (→GE1) is most probably an oversight of the copyist (in b. 206, of which the discussed bar is an exact repetition, added in GE2 (→GE3).
The missing  over the mordent must be an inaccuracy of Chopin: see b. 74.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals

b. 658-663

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No markings in A (→FE→EE) & GE1

Dashes in FC & GE2 (→GE3)
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We give the dashes marking the range of cresc. from b. 654 after the Chopinesque entry in FC in b. 207-212, since the discussed bars are a repetition thereof, not written out.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 659-660

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No marks in A (→FC→GE1, →FE→EE)

Short accents in GE2 (→GE3)

Long accents suggested by the editors
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Just like in b. 208-209, in the main text we add long accents after b. 200-201. The addition – with the use of short accents – was also introduced in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions