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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
GE1
Main text
A - Autograph
FC - Fontana's copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
FES - Stirling copy
FESf - Schiffmacher copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1
EE3 - Corrected impression of EE2
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  b. 69

Long accent in A (→FE)

Short accent in FC (→GE) & EE

Lack of understanding of the Chopinesque long accents is common in the editions, particularly in EE and GE, but copyists would sometimes also identify them incorrectly. See also b. 77.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents, Inaccuracies in GE, EE inaccuracies

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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Original in: Jan Ekier private collection, Warsaw