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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Issues : FE revisions

b. 263-264

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Just like in b. 131-132, in the main text we keep the notation of the bars filled with rests, used by Chopin in A (→FC) and applied in GE2 too. The changes introduced in the remaining editions, i.e. replacing both bars with one double bar in FE (→EE) and providing the rests with digits, cannot come from Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , FE revisions

b. 306

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In A the  before the middle note of the L.H. chord is placed clearly too low, which in this case could have been due to the intention of avoiding collision with the bar line. Fontana correctly interpreted the meaning of that mark in FC (→GE); however, in FE the sharp was initially ascribed to the bottom note of the chord, g. That erroneous version got to EE1 and was then corrected through the addition of a proper  both in the last phase of proofreading of FE and in EE2 (→EE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE , Cautionary accidentals , FE revisions , Accidental below/above the note

b. 365

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In all editions except for GE2 the whole-bar rest was specified with the digit 1, one (FE and GE3) or two (GE1 and EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , FE revisions

b. 392-393

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

f-f1 repeated in A (→FC→GE1)

Only f1 repeated in FE (→EE)

f-f1 tied in GE2 (→GE3)
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A comparison with b. 266-267 and analog. (7 places in total) points to Chopin's patent mistake. Therefore, in the main text we include the ties added in GE2 (→GE3). The tie of f was added already in FE (→EE), which is probably a revision of the engraver, who added the missing tie in the chord on the bottom stave as part of his routine activities (such routine additions are evidenced in the Mazurka in D Major, Op. 33 No. 3, b. 8-9 and 24-25).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of A , FE revisions

b. 400

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In all editions except for GE2 the whole-bar rest was specified with the digit 1, one (FE and GE3) or both GE1 and EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , FE revisions