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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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b. 482

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

2. quaver c3 in A (→FE,FC→GE)

2. quaver b2 in EE
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There are no reasons to believe the version of EE to be authentic. Therefore, the disturbance of the pianistic regularity of the passages, unjustified in terms of harmony, must be a mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

b. 490-491

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In A one can see in these bars 4 minor crossings-out. All concern cautionary accidentals that Chopin, after a moment of reflection, considered superfluous. The accidentals in the L.H. part –  before c in b. 490 and  before B in b. 491 – warn us not to play notes peculiar to the G minor key, which is going to be confirmed only just in the next bar.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Deletions in A

b. 492

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In the main text we add a cautionary  before c2. The mark was added also in GE2 (→GE3). In A one can see here a crossing-out, perhaps of a , which would be another dispensable accidental crossed out by Chopin (see b. 490-491). A sharp was added in FESf.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Deletions in A , Annotations in FESf

b. 493

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In A (→FC→GE1, →FE→EE1) there is no accidental before the last crotchet in the R.H. It must be a mistake, cf., e.g. analogous b. 497. Oversight of an accidental necessary for writing a note belonging to a currently valid key is one of Chopin's most frequent mistakes. A natural was added only just in GE2 (→GE3) and EE2 (→EE3); it was also added in FESf. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE , Annotations in FESf

b. 494

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In A (→FE,FC→GE1) there is no  lowering g2 to g2 and no  lowering e2 to e2.  A flat was added already in EE1, whereas it is only just EE2 (→EE3) and GE2 (→GE3) that include the correct text.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE