Issues : EE revisions

b. 533-534

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Slur in A (→FCGE), EE & FED

No slur in FE

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The L.H. slur overlooked in FE was added in EE. Chopin added it also in FED.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED

b. 540-543

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

3 slurs in A (→FE)

No slurs in FC (→GE1GE2)

4 slurs in EE & GE3

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The missing slur in A (→FE) in b. 540-541 is almost certainly an oversight of Chopin. The next four slurs, written in A, illustrate the difficulties in interpreting handwritten slurs, since each of them manifests a defect (a gap or a shortening), resulting from interruption in the flow of ink. The copyist overlooked 3 out of those slurs (in b. 541-542 at the end of the line of the manuscript), which was completed in GE3. EE unified the slurs: the overlooked slur in b. 540-541 was added and the excessively short R.H. slur in b. 541-542 was prolonged.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , Errors of FC

b. 541-543

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In A (→FC) there are no naturals before the crotchets ending the five-note groups (a2, a1 and a). Through a proof copy of FE, this mistake also found its way to EE1 (in FE the accidentals were added in the last phase of proofreading). The naturals are also present in GE and EE2 (→EE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in FC , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 557

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No signs in A (→FC,FE)

Continuous arpeggio in EE

Simultaneous arpeggios in GE

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Chopin must have overlooked the arpeggio signs, which is indicated by the arpeggios in analogous b. 553, 555 and 559. The composer overlooked the signs after changing to a new page of A. The arpeggios were already added in GE and EE (in EE continuous, like before).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Errors of A

b. 557-560

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

2 L.H. slurs in A (→FCGE)

No slurs in FE

Slur in bars 559-560 in EE

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The missing L.H. slurs in b. 557-558 and 559-560 is most probably an oversight of the engraver of FE. The presence of the latter in EE indicates a revision or a mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE