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Issues : Authentic corrections of FC

b. 89-94

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No sign in A (→FE→EE)

in #CF (→GE)
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In the main text we give a  hairpin added by Chopin in FC (→GE). In this phrase the manuscript bears traces of corrections performed by Chopin, who, initially, wrote three subsequent  marks in b. 87-90, 91-92 & 93-94, which he then deleted. The second half of the first of those marks (written on the top stave in b. 89-90) was not deleted, yet there is no doubt that the six-bar long  written below expresses the composer's later intention.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FC , Alterations in CF

b. 97-100

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

Dashes till b. 100 in FC (→GE)

Dashes till beginning of b. 97 in FE (→EE)
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Chopin was adding the dashes marking the range of dim. to the end of bar 100; however, it is uncertain which marks are written in his hand – probably already from the third dash, which would be compliant with the notation of FE, and certainly the last 5 dashes (bars 99-100). The version of FE (→EE) may be inaccurate, since dashes are generally added to indications valid clearly longer than the word defining a given indication.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 98

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No sign in A (→FE→EE) & GE1

 in FC & GE2 (→GE3)
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In the main text we give the  hairpin written by Chopin in FC. The mark was overlooked in GE1 and added in GE2 (→GE3), undoubtedly on the basis of FC.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 99-100

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No sign in A (→FE→EE)

 in FC (→GE1)
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In the main text we give the  hairpin written by Chopin in FC (→GE1). The two-bar mark in GE2 (→GE3) is a result of a standard revision adjusting hairpins (and also, e.g. slurs) to rhythmic structures, e.g. bars.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 100-101

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

Slur to b. 101 in FC (→GE)

Slur to end of b. 100 in FE (→EE)
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The longer slur of FC (→GE) resulted from a correction by Chopin, who in FC added an ending of the slur reaching the c1-e1 third.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Authentic corrections of FC