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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
A
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. 523

Slur in bar 523 in A (→FE→EE)

Slur to bar 524 in FC (→GE)

According to us, the longer slur of FC is an inaccuracy of the copyist, hence in the main text we give the whole-bar slur of A. We consider the other possibility – the slur having been added in FC by Chopin – to be less likely (see, however, b. 531-536).

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FC

notation: Slurs

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