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b. 536

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No  in A (→FC→GE, →FE→EE)

in bar 539 in GE2

in bar 537 in GE3

[] suggested by the editors
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The sources lack an authentic pedal release mark of the pedal from b. 536. The  marks added in different places in GE2 and GE3 must be arbitrary. In the main text we suggest that the pedal is held throughout the entire four-bar section, based on one chord, until the end of crescendo, which is natural in this context.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , No pedal release mark

b. 537

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In GC the slur ends over the rest on the second beat of the bar.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 537

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

b repeated in FE

b tied in GE1 (→GE2) & EE

b tied & augmented in GE3
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The version of FE is almost certainly erroneous – cf. all the remaining analogous figures. Both in GE and EE, the tie of b was added, yet only GE3 added a dot extending this note.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Errors resulting from corrections , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 537-538

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

Fingering written into FEH

No teaching fingering
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FEH

b. 538

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Accord in EE, GC & FE

Octave in GE
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The lack of c1 note in the chord must have resutled form the  GE engraver 's misinterpretation of GC. To determine if the middle note of the chord notated on the ledger line is actually there is rather difficult also in Chopin's autographs.  

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE