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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Issues : Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 597-598

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

in A

in FC & FE (→EE)

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

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 629-631

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

in A

Shorter  in FC (→GE)

Longer  in FE (→EE)
..

According to us, the differences in the range of the  hairpin are accidental inaccuracies in the reproduction of the notation of A. In the main text we preserve the mark inserted by Chopin's hand, although its starting point cannot be clearly related to the other elements of notation, which was probably the reason for discrepancies in the remaining sources.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Inaccuracies in FC

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. 681-682

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No sign in A (FE→EE)

 in FC (→GE1)

 in GE2 (→GE3)
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In the main text we give a  hairpin, written by Chopin in FC (→GE1) in b. 230 (the discussed bar is a repetition thereof). Just like there, subsequent GE arbitrarily shortened the mark and moved it over the top stave.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions