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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. 281-284

Small notes in A (→FC→GE)

Regular font in FE (→EE)

The fact that the notes are written in normal font in FE (→EE) is a result of the engraver having misunderstood A. A similar situation can be found in b. 307-309, 383-386 & 409-411. Such mistakes can also be encountered in other Chopin's pieces, e.g. in the Mazurka in C major, Op. 24 No. 2, b. 70-88 or the Prelude in C minor, Op. 45, b. 79. 

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

notation: Shorthand & other

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Original in: Jan Ekier private collection, Warsaw