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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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b. 425-426

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

c1 tied in A (→FC, →FE→EE) & GE2 (→GE3)

c1 repeated in GE1
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The lack of a tie to c1 in GE1 is undoubtedly an error resulting presumably from an inaccuracy in FC which has this tie only in b. 426 (on a new staff). The tie was added in GE2 (→GE3). See also b. 424-425.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 427

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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GE1 (→GE2) overlooked a staccato dot to the L.H. A. The mark was added in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 428-432

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No pedalling in A

Pedalling in FC (→GE) & FE (→EE)
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In the main text we give the pedalling entered by Chopin into FC (→GE) and added by him in the proofreading of FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 434

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Inverted long accent in A

in FC (→GE1)

in FE (→EE)

in GE2 (→GE3)

Long accent, our alternative suggestion
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The mark in A, like in analogous b. 332, is most probably a reversed long accent, and this is the version we give in the main text. All the remaining sources reproduced it inaccurately, moving it to the right and sometimes also extending it. We suggest a common long accent as an alternative version, as written by Chopin in FC in analogous b. 332. It is likely that the change was also to apply to the discussed bar: overlooking proofreading one of the analogous places is one of Chopin's typical inaccuracies.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Omitted correction of an analogous place , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 434-435

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Slur in A (→FE→EE) & GE2 (→GE3)

No slur in FC (→GE1)
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The missing slur over the written-out arpeggio is most probably an oversight of the copyist. The slur was added in GE2 (→GE3), probably on the basis of a comparison with analogous b. 332-333.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of FC