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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FC

b. 450

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

b2 in A & EE

a2 in FC (→GE) & FE
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The version of A is the original one, left by inadvertence: in an analogous situation, eight bars earlier, Chopin changed b2 to a2, and in the discussed bar he introduced an identical change in FC and FE. In the case of FE the change was introduced in the last phase of proofreading, not included in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A , Authentic corrections of FE , Omitted correction of an analogous place , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 452-457

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No markings in A

Pedalling in FC (→GE1), FE (→EE) & GE3

Pedalling in GE2
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In the main text we give the concordant pedalling of b. 452-453 and 456-457, entered by Chopin into FC (→GE1) and added by him in the proofreading of FE (→EE). The version of GE2 is an arbitrary revision, making those bars similar to b. 350-351 and 354-355. GE3 restored the version of FC and GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 468

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No indication in A (→FE→EE)

sempre  in FC (→GE)
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In the main text we include the sempre  indication entered by Chopin into FC (→GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 528-539

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No indication in A

cresc. - - - in FC (→GE)

cresc. - - - in FE (→EE)
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Chopin added a 12-bar crescendo both in FC (→GE) and FE (→EE). In the main text we reproduce the notation of FC, in which the word cresc. appears in b. 528 slightly earlier (anyway, in the case of such a long dynamic change it does not actually matter). See also b. 540.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 538-540

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Slur &  in A, probable interpretation

5 accents in FC (→GE)

in FE (→EE)

Accents & , our alternative suggestion
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In the main text we give 5 accents written by Chopin in FC, our principal source. The slur present in A was not reproduced both in FC and FE; Chopin also did not introduce it in any of them, although he was adding indications in this place in both of them. In turn, the  hairpin is preserved in FE and can be considered a fully-fledged variant. In turn, taking into account the fact that Chopin could have added it in A already after having proofread FC, we suggest it also as a variant completion of the version of FC.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A , Chopin's hesitations , Authentic corrections of FC