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b. 758-759

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Slur to bar 759 in A (→FC→GE1)

Slur to end of bar 759 in FE (→EE)

Slur to end of bar 758 in GE2 (→GE3)
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In the main text we give the unequivocal slurring of A (→FC→GE1), confirmed by an identical notation in b. 762-763 as well as in b. 718-719. The fact of merging the slurs, which was performed in FE (→EE), is probably a result of mistaking the intersection of the slurs of A for their colligation. The separate slurs in GE2 (→GE3) are an arbitrary revision unifying the discussed slurs with the ones of FC (→GE) in b. 718-719 and 722-723. The same applies to b. 762-763.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 762-763

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Overlapping slurs in A (→FC→GE1)

Continuous slur in FE (→EE)

Separate slurs in GE2 (→GE3)
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 764-766

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In A there are visible corrections of the L.H. slurring: in b. 764 it was probably the slur over the 2nd and 3rd crotchets that was deleted, whereas the slur in b. 765-766 was shortened by deleting its ending, reaching the D-d octave.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A

b. 764

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No mark in sources

Staccato dot suggested by the editors
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In the main text we suggest adding a staccato dot after analogous b. 766 and 768. The omission of that mark could have been influenced by the hesitation concerning the tempo marking of the fragment that begins here.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 764

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In A one can see traces of dilemmas concerning an indication – most probably related to the tempo – marking the performance manner of the next 8 bars. The deletions are quite careful, so we only managed to decipher the word sempre before the final piu mosso. The original indication could have been accellerando (with erroneous second 'l', like in a number of other works by Chopin, e.g. in the Impromptu in A Major, Op. 29, b. 25).

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A