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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 662-663

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

c2 repeated in A (→FC→GE1)

c2 tied in FE (→EE) & GE2 (→GE3)
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The tie of c2, probably overlooked in A (→FC→GE1) in b. 211-212 (the discussed bars are a repetition thereof), was added by Chopin in the proofreading of FE (→EE) as well as – probably by analogy with b. 79-80 – in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 664-665

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No indication in A (→FE→EE)

dolce in bar 664 in FC (→GE1)

dolce in bar 665 in GE2 (→GE3)
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According to Chopin, these bars were supposed to be an exact repetition of b. 213-214. Therefore, in the main text we give the dolce indication in b. 664, in accordance with the Chopinesque entry in b. 213 in FC (→GE1). In subsequent GE the indication was arbitrarily moved to b. 665, probably by analogy with b. 81-82.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 664-665

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

in FC (→GE1)

Shorter  in GE2 (→GE3)
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In the main text we give the  mark entered by Chopin into FC (→GE1) in b. 213-214. In subsequent GE – like in analogous b. 81-82 and 213-214 – the mark was arbitrarily placed between  and dolce.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions

b. 666-669

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No signs in A (→FE→EE)

  in FC (→GE1)

  in GE2 (→GE3)
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In the main text we reproduce the   hairpins after FC (→GE1), into which they were entered by Chopin (in b. 215-218, see the note to b. 658-682). The changes in the range of the marks introduced in GE2 (→GE3) do not stem from Chopin's notation.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions

b. 676-677

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No markings in A (→FE→EE)

One-bar pedalling in FC (→GE1) & GE3

Two-bar pedal in GE2
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The pedalling added by Chopin in FC (→GE1) in b. 225-226, of which the discussed bars are an exact repetition, is inaccurate, according to us: see the note concerning these bars. A corresponding change was introduced in GE2, yet GE3 returned to the notation of FC.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions