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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 49-58

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No signs in A (→FE→EE)

in FC (→GE1)

in GE2 (→GE3)
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In b. 49-50 and 57-58 in the main text we give the  marks written by Chopin in FC (→GE1). Their placement, just below the tied f4, means that Chopin meant rather a 'very long' accent than diminuendo. In GE2 (→GE3) the marks were arbitrarily moved in order to emphasise their meaning as diminuendoes.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 49-52

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Slur in bars 50-52 in A (→FE→EE)

Slur over quavers in FC (→GE1)

Slur in bars 49-52 in GE2 (→GE3)
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The range of the slur limited in FC (→GE1) to quavers only is an inaccuracy of the copyist. In GE2 (→GE3) the slur was extended after analog. b. 181-184. See also b. 57-58.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 57-58

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Slur from bar 58 in A (→FC→GE1, →FE→EE)
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The beginning of the slur in EE is placed inaccurately; therefore, it is uncertain whether the slur begins from the 1st or 2nd note of b. 58. We adopt the version compliant with the Stichvorlage (FE) and with the analogous passage a line above. In GE2 (→GE3) the slur begins already from the minim in b. 57, just like 8 bars before. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , EE inaccuracies

b. 71-72

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No sign in A (→FE→EE)

in FC (→GE1)

in GE2 (→GE3)
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The  hairpin was written into FC (→GE) by Chopin. An exact placement of the right-hand end of the mark is impossible due to the way Chopin wrote longer rhythmic values: in b. 72 the mark reaches the dotted minim in the bottom voice of the R.H., which is, however, written between the 2nd and 3rd quavers of the L.H. In the main text we place the end of the mark in a way that it does not go beyond the notes of the chord that opens the bar. In GE2 (→GE3) the mark was shortened even more by adjusting it to the size of the bar.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 72-76

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No indication in A (→FE→EE)

cresc. - - - in FC & GE2 (→GE3)

cresc. in GE1
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In the main text we add the indication cresc. added by Chopin in FC along with the dashes marking its range between b. 72 and b. 80. GE1 overlooked the dashes, but they were then added in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FC