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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. 645

Staccato dot in A (→FC)

No mark in FE (→EE) & GE

As in b. 637 and 639, we consider the staccato dot over b2 a remnant of the original version, presumably removed during the proofreading of FE (→EE). However, the absence of mark in GE is most probably an oversight by the engraver.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE, Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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Original in: Jan Ekier private collection, Warsaw