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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Issues : Annotations in teaching copies

b. 372-373

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Tie to f1 in A (→FC), GE2 (→GE3) & FESf

No tie in FE (→EE)

Slur c1-e1 in GE1
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The missing tie of f1 is a patent mistake, although in FE it was overlooked, while in GE1 – distorted, since it was interpreted as a slur combining the crotchets of the middle voice, c1 and e1. The correct version was introduced in subsequent GE; the tie was also added in FESf.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Errors in FE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Annotations in FESf

b. 477

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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The  raising a3 to a3, overlooked in A (→FE), was added in FC (→GE) and EE. The mark was also added in FESf.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Fontana's revisions , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in FE , Annotations in FESf

b. 478-479

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

e3 in A (→FE,FC→GE1)

e3 with  in GE2 (→GE3) & FESf

e3 in EE1

e3 & e3 in EE2 (→EE3)
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In the main text we add a cautionary  before the 2nd quaver in b. 478 (e3), since there are no doubts that the harmonic sequence on which the passages in b. 476-483 are based is to be the same as the one in b. 484-491 (including the semitone transposition). The absence of that  misled the engraver of EE who added a  here, changing the 2nd and 5th quavers from e3 to e3. That erroneous change was rectified in EE2 (→EE3), yet only partially, by adding a  restoring e3 on the 5th quaver. In GE2 (→GE3) a cautionary  was added not only in the discussed place, but also before e2 in the next bar. A natural before the 2nd quaver was also added in FESf.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , GE revisions , Annotations in FESf

b. 492

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In the main text we add a cautionary  before c2. The mark was added also in GE2 (→GE3). In A one can see here a crossing-out, perhaps of a , which would be another dispensable accidental crossed out by Chopin (see b. 490-491). A sharp was added in FESf.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Deletions in A , Annotations in FESf

b. 493

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In A (→FC→GE1, →FE→EE1) there is no accidental before the last crotchet in the R.H. It must be a mistake, cf., e.g. analogous b. 497. Oversight of an accidental necessary for writing a note belonging to a currently valid key is one of Chopin's most frequent mistakes. A natural was added only just in GE2 (→GE3) and EE2 (→EE3); it was also added in FESf. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Errors repeated in GE , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE , Annotations in FESf