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b. 707

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In FE (→EE) the topmost note of the 1st chord is an erroneous a3 instead of b3.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 708

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No indication in A

in FC (→GE)

Dashes in FE (→EE)
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In the main text we give the  indication entered by Chopin into FC (→GE). The dashes marking the range of cresc. are most probably a mistake of the engraver of FE (→EE), who led them to the end of the page instead of to the end of the phrase.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 709-715

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No marks in sources

Short accents suggested by the editors

Long accents, our alternative suggestion
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In the main text we suggest adding accents (in b. 709, 711, 713 and 715). Chopin consistently provided analogous b. 118-124 and 250-256 with them. Due to the lack of certainty on the type of the accents intended by Chopin, we give two versions, with short or long accents.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 715-716

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Slurs in A, literal reading

Slurs in A (interpretation→FC)

Continuous slur in FE (→EE) & GE

Slurs suggested by the editors
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The continuous slur in FE (→EE) stems from the corrections in A, as a result of which the slur from b. 715, leading to the final, crossed-out fragment of the line, seems to suggest continuation. The situation misled also the copyist, who led that slur in FC to the next bar (which does not take place in A). Consequently, the slurs converged on the grace note, which the engraver of GE1 interpreted as one slur. This unanimity of the editors is startling if we take into account the fact that in the manuscripts the slur that starts in b. 715 is led under the notes, whereas the next one – over the notes, and nothing suggests that they should be merged. In the main text in b. 715 we give a literal interpretation of the slur of A, which does not reach the next bar, whereas in b. 716 – the slur of FC, compliant with the more accurate, according to us, slur of the manuscripts in b. 720. The issue of range of the slur over b. 716 – see b. 718-719. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A , Errors resulting from corrections , Deletions in A

b. 718-719

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Slur to bar 719 in A (→FE→EE)

Slur to end of bar 718 in FC (→GE)
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The ending of the slur of A may seem inaccurate, hence the interpretation of that slur in FC (→GE) may be correct. An argument for such an interpretation could be a much shorter slur of A in an identical phrase 4 bars later. However, the correctness of the slur of A is supported by the clear slurs in the analogous situations in b. 758-759 and 762-763, hence in the main text we keep the notation of A.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Inaccuracies in FC