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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 521

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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FE overlooked the  lowering c3 to c3. The mistake was rectified in EE and in two teaching copies, FED and FESf.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 527

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

at end of bar in A (→FC→GE)

No marking in FE

on 2nd beat in EE
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In A the  mark is at the end of the page, squeezed above the deleted  marks. It was probably the reason for its omission in FE. The mark was added in EE at the end of the R.H. passage.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Deletions in A

b. 533-534

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Slur in A (→FC→GE), 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

Pedal up to bar 542 in A

No markings in FC (→GE1) & GE3

only in FE (→EE)

Pedal up to bar 543 in GE2
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In the main text we give the pedalling of A, the only irrefutably authentic. The missing pedalling in FC (→GE) may be a result of an oversight of the copyist: overlooked slurs suggest distraction. It is also likely that Chopin added it in A after having prepared FC. The missing  mark seems to be an oversight of the engraver of FE. The oversight can result in a long, more or less four-bar pedal, to which this virtuoso passage in loud dynamics prompts. Such a pedalling was indicated – arbitrarily – in GE2 and removed in GE3. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions , No pedal release mark , Errors of FC

b. 544

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No mark in FE (→EE) & GE1

Accent in GE2 (→GE3)
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The missing staccato dot in FE and GE1 must be a result of the engravers' oversights (the engraver of GE1 can be excused, since it is difficult to identify the mark in FC). The accent added in GE2 (→GE3) by analogy with the next bars is an arbitrary revision.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in GE , GE revisions