Issues : GE revisions

b. 557

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No signs in A (→FC,FE)

Continuous arpeggio in EE

Simultaneous arpeggios in GE

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Chopin must have overlooked the arpeggio signs, which is indicated by the arpeggios in analogous b. 553, 555 and 559. The composer overlooked the signs after changing to a new page of A. The arpeggios were already added in GE and EE (in EE continuous, like before).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Errors of A

b. 560

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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GE1 overlooked the arpeggio sign before the L.H. chord. It was reinstated in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 560-579

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

8 longer, 6 shorter slurs in A, literal reading

8 longer, 6 shorter slurs in FC, literal reading

14 longer slurs in FE (contextual interpretation→EE, contextual interpretation)

7 longer, 7 shorter slurs in GE1

14 longer slurs in GE2 (→GE3)

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The slurs encompassing the ostinato quaver figures in A are of different length: some reach the following crotchet, some do not. Statistically, it is the former that clearly prevail: 8 longer, 6-note slurs to only 4 shorter and 3 questionable ones (we interpret the questionable ones literally as short). The remaining sources do not show traces of Chopin's influence on the range of those slurs; except for minor inaccuracies, FC and GE1 reproduce the text of their Stichvorlagen, while FE (→EE) contain longer slurs only (we discuss b. 574-575 separately due to FE having overlooked the slur). In this situation, we base the main text on the above analysis of the notation of A; taking into account a high degree of structural and functional similarity of the discussed motifs, we suggest uniform, 6-note slurs in all figures.

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

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 562-564

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No signs in A (→FCGE, →FEEE)

Arpeggio signs in GE2 (→GE3)

Signs in brackets, our variant suggestion

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The presence of arpeggios both in b. 560 and 566 makes us consider their absence in b. 562 and 564 to be Chopin's oversight. Therefore, in the main text we suggest adding the signs. The arpeggios were added in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 568

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Arpeggio sign in A (→FC) & GE2 (→GE3)

No sign in FE (→EE) & GE1

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The missing arpeggio must be a result of the engravers' inattention, particularly in FE, in which the last arpeggios in this section were printed in b. 560. The mark was added in GE2 (→GE3). See also the note below and in b. 570-572.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in GE , GE revisions