Issues : Inaccuracies in FC
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b. 523
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composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor
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According to us, the longer slur of FC is an inaccuracy of the copyist, hence in the main text we give the whole-bar slur of A. We consider the other possibility – the slur having been added in FC by Chopin – to be less likely (see, however, b. 531-536). category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FC |
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b. 541-543
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composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor
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In A (→FC) there are no naturals before the crotchets ending the five-note groups (a2, a1 and a). Through a proof copy of FE, this mistake also found its way to EE1 (in FE the accidentals were added in the last phase of proofreading). The naturals are also present in GE and EE2 (→EE3). category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in FC , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE |
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b. 543-544
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composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor
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When interpreted literally, the slur of FC goes under the rest and ends on the treble clef at the end of b. 543. It misled the engraver of GE1; he assumed that the slur was supposed to reach the octave in b. 544. The nonsensical slur was removed in GE2 (in FC and GE1 there are no slurs in the previous bars) and restored, already in its correct form, in GE3. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in FC |
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b. 552-559
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composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor
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In A the slurs over the characteristic quaver motifs generally encompass only the quaver groups in these bars (the only exception are the slurs in b. 554-555, reaching the crotchet at the beginning of the next bar). The remaining sources do not show traces of Chopin's influence on the range of those slurs. Therefore, taking into account the fact that the discussed figures are identical, in every respect, in the main text we unify the slurs, giving always the ones Chopin wrote in A more often. Such a solution was also adopted in GE2 (→GE3). Alternatively, we also suggest 6-note slurs, which are more frequent in similar motifs in the entire Scherzo. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in FC , Uncertain slur continuation |
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b. 588-620
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composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor
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Differently than in the two previous appearances of this theme (b. 5-37 and 137-169), in b. 588, 596, 612 and 620 there are no wedges at all in A. In turn, Chopin twice introduced separate marks for the L.H., which we consider to be determinant for the entire fragment. The use of double marking could have been related to the presence of longer, tied notes in the preceding motifs. The same unification was introduced in GE, whereas the notation of FC and FE (→EE) has to be regarded as inaccurate or erroneous. category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions , Wedges , Inaccuracies in FC |
