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b. 540

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No marking in A (→FC→GE)

in FE (→EE)

(), our variant suggestion
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Chopin initially wrote a  in FC and then deleted it, probably replacing it with an accent. However, in the proofreading of FE, which must have been performed later, he used that indication again. Since we generally draw the Scherzo's performance indications from FC, which is most carefully developed by Chopin in this regard, we do not include that  in the main text. However, taking into account the fact that Chopin would frequently use a combination of  and an accent, we consider it to be possible to add that indication (in a variant form) to the accents adopted in the main text. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations

b. 540-543

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

3 slurs in A (→FE)

No slurs in FC (→GE1→GE2)

4 slurs in EE & GE3
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The missing slur in A (→FE) in b. 540-541 is almost certainly an oversight of Chopin. The next four slurs, written in A, illustrate the difficulties in interpreting handwritten slurs, since each of them manifests a defect (a gap or a shortening), resulting from interruption in the flow of ink. The copyist overlooked 3 out of those slurs (in b. 541-542 at the end of the line of the manuscript), which was completed in GE3. EE unified the slurs: the overlooked slur in b. 540-541 was added and the excessively short R.H. slur in b. 541-542 was prolonged.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , Errors of FC

b. 540-543

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Pedal up to bar 542 in A

No markings in FC (→GE1) & GE3

only in FE (→EE)

Pedal up to bar 543 in GE2
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In the main text we give the pedalling of A, the only irrefutably authentic. The missing pedalling in FC (→GE) may be a result of an oversight of the copyist: overlooked slurs suggest distraction. It is also likely that Chopin added it in A after having prepared FC. The missing  mark seems to be an oversight of the engraver of FE. The oversight can result in a long, more or less four-bar pedal, to which this virtuoso passage in loud dynamics prompts. Such a pedalling was indicated – arbitrarily – in GE2 and removed in GE3. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions , No pedal release mark , Errors of FC

b. 541

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in EE & GC (→GE)

No sign in FE
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No  mark in FE or  mark in b. 539 must be an error as in b. 544 the  mark appears and performing all bars 538-544 sustained is unthinkable.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 541

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In EE on the top staff there is no all-bar rest, which is an error.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors in EE