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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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b. 179-181

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In the main text we add cautionary flats before the E1 and E grace notes in b. 179 and before the D1-D octave in b. 181. The signs in b. 181 were added already in GE, those in b. 179 – in GE2 (→GE3).
There is an identical situation in b. 630-632.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 179-180

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

 in A (→FE)

No markings in FC (→GE)

   & L.H. slur in EE

   suggested by the editors
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The missing  mark after , present in A (→FE) in b. 179, could be considered a common inaccuracy resulting from distraction caused by the transition into a new page of the manuscript. However, an identical situation is to be found in A in analogous b. 630; since both places are devoid of pedalling markings in FC (→GE), both  marks were probably added in A after FC had been finished. Therefore, Chopin could have considered the  marks to be clear enough while completing A. On the other hand, the  mark, added – probably by Chopin – in FE (→EE) at the end of b. 631, suggests that the decision was changed (or that the inaccurate notation, perhaps introduced in haste, was completed). Due to the above reason, in the main text we add a  mark also in b. 180. EE performed a far-reaching revision: apart from adding a , the slur placed by Chopin over the parts of both hands was doubled under the bottom stave. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Corrections in A , No pedal release mark , Errors of FC , Inaccuracies in A

b. 179-180

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No ties in A (→FC→GE1, →FE→EE)

Slurs in GE2 (→GE3)
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In the main text we add ties of the trilled minims after analogous b. 630-631. Both notations (with and without ties) indicate the same performance: cf. the note to the Waltz in D Major, Op. 64 No. 1, b. 69-72. The addition was also introduced in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 180

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Fingering written into FED

No teaching fingering
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The indication according to which the endings of both trills are to be performed by the L.H. only was added in FED.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 180-181

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Slur to bar 181 in A (→FE), probable interpretation→EE

Shorter slur in FC (→GE)
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In spite of the lack of the ending of the slur in b. 181, which opens a new page in A, the clearly dragged ending of the slur in b. 180 leaves no doubt about Chopin's intention (there is a similar situation in analogous b. 631). However, it is not as obvious in FC, so in GE the slur was led only to the end of b. 180. The inaccurate notation of A was repeated unchanged in FE, whereas in EE the slur was clearly led to b. 181; moreover, an arbitrary analogous slur was added under the stave: see the note on pedalling in b. 179-180.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccurate slurs in A , Uncertain slur continuation