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b. 690-691

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No sign in A (→FE→EE)

 in bar 691 in FC (→GE1)

 in bars 690-691 in GE2 (→GE3)
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In the main text we give a  mark, written by Chopin in FC (→GE1) in b. 239-240, of which the discussed bars are a repetition. In GE2 (→GE3) the mark was extended so that it fills two bars (from b. 690) after the authentic  sign in analogous b. 107-108.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 691

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

b1-g2-b2 in A (→FC→GE1, →FE→EE)

b1-f2-b2 in GE2 (→GE3)
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Due to the reasons discussed in b. 240 (the discussed bar is an exact repetition thereof), we consider the version of GE2 (→GE3) to be an acceptable variant.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 692-707

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No indication in A

cresc. - - in bars 692-707 in FC & GE2 (→GE3)

cresc. - - in bars 693-707 in FE (→EE)

cresc. - - in bars 692-696 in GE1
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In the main text we give the indication cresc. - - - written by Chopin in FC (see the note to b. 65-66) The composer added crescendo in this fragment also in the proofreading of FE (→EE); however, he began it a bar later. That version, most probably later, can be considered equivalent. GE1 reproduced the indication of FC inaccurately, since from b. 697 it overlooked the dashes marking the range of cresc. That oversight was corrected in GE2 (→GE3).
See also b. 708.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 696

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No pedalling in sources

Pedalling suggested by the editors
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Chopin began adding pedalling marks in the proofreading of FE (→EE) in b. 697, the first bar that does not belong to the main part of this theme, repeated without changes after b. 197-245, and in the final section identical also to b. 109-113. Therefore, there are no doubts that he regarded the pedalling written for the first time, including in b. 113, as valid also here, in b. 696. We consider the missing pedalling in this and in the next bars in FC (→GE) to be an oversight of the composer, who omitted the entire final fragment of the piece, after the abridged fragment encompassing b. 632-695, while adding indications in the copy. 

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 697-707

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No markings in A (→FC→GE)

Pedalling in FE (→EE)
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In the main text we include the pedalling added by Chopin in the proofreading of FE (→EE). The composer overlooked only b. 699, probably inadvertently, to which we dedicate a separate note.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE