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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Issues : EE inaccuracies

b. 69

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Long accent in A (→FE)

Short accent in FC (→GE) & EE
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Lack of understanding of the Chopinesque long accents is common in the editions, particularly in EE and GE, but copyists would sometimes also identify them incorrectly. See also b. 77.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , EE inaccuracies

b. 118-124

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

4 different accents in A

4 short accents in FC (→GE)

3 different accents in FE

3 short accents in EE

4 long accents, our alternative suggestion
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In spite of the clear difference in the length of the accents in b. 118, 120, 122 and 124 visible in A, in the main text we give a unified notation with four short accents, which are more natural in these brilliant, virtuoso passages. At the same time, it is compliant with the notation of the principal source, i.e. FC, although it seems unlikely that Chopin could have interfered with the notation of the copy here. The absence of the last mark in FE (→EE) is an oversight, whereas the shorter first accent in EE – an inaccuracy or revision.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , Errors in FE , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 162-163

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Long accent in A (→FC→GE1)

in FE (→EE)

in GE2 (→GE3)
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In accordance with the analysis of the Chopinesque  or  marks in this and analog. pairs of bars (see b. 6-7), in the main text we give the averaged, more or less one-bar hairpin of FE (→EE). According to us, all marks, regardless of their length, are supposed to be long accents.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies

b. 178-180

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

from bar 178 in FC (→GE) & EE
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An earlier start of the  hairpin is most probably an inaccuracy: of the copyist in FC (→GE) and – independently – of the engraver in EE. Cf. analogous b. 629-631.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 193

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

in A

in FC

in FE & GE

in EE
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , EE inaccuracies