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Issues : Accompaniment changes

b. 503

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In A one can see a crossing-out of both the second and third crotchet in the L.H. It is difficult to decipher what was crossed out:

  • the 2nd crotchet had 3 or 4 ledger lines; in the latter it would probably be a Terzverschreibung, which Chopin first wanted to correct without rewriting the note;
  • the 3rd crotchet must have contained d1.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 514

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

No slur & dots in FE (→GE,EE)

Slur & dots suggested by the editors
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In the main text, we suggest adding a slur and dots after analogous bar 159. Missing performance indications could have been a result, unintended by Chopin, of a serious proofreading covering the beam and pitch of the 1st quaver (visible traces of changes in FE).

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations

issues: Accompaniment changes , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 521-522

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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The crossings-out visible in A allow us to reconstruct the previous version of the 2nd and 4th chords: . The textural affinity with the motifs in b. 516-518 allows us to assume that it was the original version.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 524-525

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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The mark crossed out in A on the 2nd beat of bar 524 is most probably a crotchet rest. It means that initially the L.H. part was the same as in b. 516 (except for the enharmonic difference in the notation).
We were not able to determine what the crossing-out in a similar place in b. 525 concerned. In turn, it seems that the dots extending the b-b1 crotchet and the quaver flag of the first g-e1 sixth could have been added later, which is indicated by the spaces between the notes.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 702

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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After alterations, the L.H. part in A was deleted and rewritten on the stave below. The original version: .

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes