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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FC

b. 544

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No indication in A (→FE→EE)

sempre con fuoco in FC (→GE)
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In the main text we include the indication added by Chopin in FC, which is our principal source due to its most careful preparation. See also the note below.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 544

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No mark in A (→FC→GE)

Accent in FC (→GE)
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The missing accent in A means that it was most probably added by Chopin in FC (→GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 599-623

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No markings in A (→FE→EE)

Pedalling in FC (→GE)
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In the main text we include the pedalling from b. 599 and 623 in FC (→GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 601-626

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No markings in A (→FE→EE)

Pedalling in FC (→GE)
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In the main text we include the pedalling added by Chopin in FC (→GE) in b. 601-602 and 625-626.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 605

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No mark in A (→FE→EE)

Staccato dot in FC (→GE)
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The missing staccato mark in A (→FE→EE) seems to be an oversight of Chopin, since corresponding marks are present in the three remaining, analogous b. 22, 46 and 154. The dot in FC seems to have been added after the remaining signs (note and slur) had already been written. Due to very numerous unquestionably Chopinesque additions in FC, it is also here that we can assume Chopin's correction.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FC