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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FC

b. 273-274

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No sign in A (→FE→EE)

in FC (→GE)
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In the main text we give the  hairpin entered by Chopin into FC (→GE). There is a similar situation in all analogous bars, i.e. b. 294-295, 375-376 & 396-397.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 294-295

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No sign in A (→FE→EE) & GE1

 in FC, probable interpretation

in GE2 (→GE3)
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In the main text we give the  hairpin entered by Chopin into FC (→GE). The exact range of the mark is questionable: it is written in b. 294, the last one in line, and clearly goes beyond the bar line; however, there is no continuation thereof in b. 295. We assume that it marks the same range as in analogous b. 375-376 & 396-397, in which the hairpins in FC were also added by Chopin. GE1 omitted the mark (the engraver could have been uncertain how to interpret the described notation), whereas GE2 (→GE3) provided the hairpin with a longer range, modelled after b. 273-274, which seems less justified, since:

  • the missing continuation of the mark in a new line suggests only a slight extension, and not a one-bar extension;
  • Chopin wrote a longer mark only one, whereas shorter – twice.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 326-330

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No pedalling in A

  in bars 328 & 330 in FC (→GE1)

  in bars 326 & 328 in FE (→EE)

3 times   in GE2 (→GE3)
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A comparison with analogous b. 428-432 proves that the complementary pedalling markings in b. 326, 328 and 330, added by Chopin in FC and FE, are to be considered jointly; the second time Chopin added three pedals in each of the two sources. A proper addition was also introduced in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 332

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Inverted long accent in A

Long accent in FC

in FE (→EE)

Short accent in GE
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In the main text we give a long accent with which Chopin replaced in FC the original reversed accent, inaccurately reproduced as a  hairpin both in FC and FE (→EE). The short accent in GE is a typical inaccuracy related to Chopinesque long accents, which do not belong to the canon of generally applied indications.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Long accents , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 348

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

  in A (→FE→EE) & GE2 (→GE3)

No markings in FC (→GE1)
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In the main text we include the   markings written in A (→FE→EE). Their absence in FC (→GE1), in which the pedalling of the eight-bar section encompassing this bar (b. 346-357) was also written by Chopin, is, according to us, a result of the composer's inattention (cf. b. 448-459).
In GE2 (→GE3) the pedalling was added on the basis of a comparison with analogous bars.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FC