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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. 503-504

Lower-part slur in A (→FC→GE)

No slur in FE (→EE)

The absence of the slur encompassing the two-note sequence of the bass must be a mistake of FE (→EE). Admittedly, the slur of A is vague and goes through the area of the crossings-out, yet it does not make an impression of having been removed.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE, Errors resulting from corrections

notation: Slurs

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Original in: Jan Ekier private collection, Warsaw