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Issues : Authentic corrections of FC

b. 83-102

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No markings in A

Two-bar pedalling in FC (→GE)

One-bar pedalling in FE (→EE)
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In the main text we give the pedalling added by Chopin in FC (→GE). In that manuscript Chopin copies one pedal encompassing two bars wherever a pair of bars is based on the same chord: b. 81-82, 83-84, 85-86, 91-92, 93-94, 97-98, 99-100 & 101-102. Another pedalling, most probably also authentic, was added in FE (→EE), in which one pedal encompassing two bars is indicated only in b. 81-82 & 97-98 (the remaining ones are provided with a whole-bar pedal). In spite of the fact that the second pedalling is almost certainly later, in the main text we give the pedalling of FC, since the corrections visible therein (deletions of markings at the end of b. 81 and 91) prove that the composer considered it to be better. Naturally, it cannot be ruled out that while adding pedalling marks in FE Chopin consciously returned to the original concept; however, according to us, it is more likely that it was a result of lack of adequate concentration, e.g. due to haste.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 83-86

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No signs in A (→FE→EE)

    in FC

  in GE
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In the main text we give a pair of   hairpins written by Chopin in FC. In GE the latter was arbitrarily extended so that it starts from the beginning of b. 85.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 85-88

composition: Op. 30 No. 4, Mazurka in C# minor

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The cresc. - - - indication was entered into FC by Chopin; therefore, it was most probably also added in the stage of proofreading FE or to the basis thereof.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 87-89

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

in FC (→GE)

Shorter  in FE (→EE)
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In the main text we give a  hairpin with a range corrected – probably by Chopin – in FC. A mark of an almost identical range is present in FE in analogous bars 17-19.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 87

composition: Op. 30, Mazurka in D♭ major

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In the main text we include the cautionary  to b1, most probably added to FC (→GE) by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FC