mUltimate Chopin

Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
Select: 
Category
All
Graphic ambiguousness
Interpretations within context
Differences between sources
Editorial revisions
Corrections & alterations
Source & stylistic information
Rhythm
All
Pitch
Rhythm
Slurs
Articulation, Accents, Hairpins
Verbal indications
Pedalling
Fingering
Ornaments
Shorthand & other
Importance
All
Important
Main
Undo Clear

Rhythm

b. 310-311

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

e2 tied in A (→FC), EE & GE2 (→GE3)

e2 repeated in FE & GE1
..

The missing tie of e2 must be mistakes of FE and GE1, corrected in EE and GE2 (→GE3) respectively.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 318-325

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

a2 & f2 tied in A (→FC→GE) & EE

a2 & f2 repeated in FE
..

The omission of the ties of a2 in b. 318-319 and of f2 in b. 324-325 in FE may be a result of misinterpretation of Chopinesque very short ties as endings of motivic slurs over the bottom voice motifs: see b. 310-323. The ties were added in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 348-349

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Tied third in A (→FE→EE) & GE

Repeated third in FC
..

The missing ties of the b-d1 third must be an oversight of the copyist, revised in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of FC

b. 372-373

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Tie to f1 in A (→FC), GE2 (→GE3) & FESf

No tie in FE (→EE)

Slur c1-e1 in GE1
..

The missing tie of f1 is a patent mistake, although in FE it was overlooked, while in GE1 – distorted, since it was interpreted as a slur combining the crotchets of the middle voice, c1 and e1. The correct version was introduced in subsequent GE; the tie was also added in FESf.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Errors in FE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Annotations in FESf

b. 375-376

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

g-e1 repeated in A (→FC→GE1, →FE→EE)

g-e1 tied in GE2 (→GE3) & FESf
..

A comparison with analogous bars (b. 273-274, 293-294 and 396-397) points to Chopin's mistake, almost certain. Therefore, in the main text we include the ties added in GE2 (→GE3). Both ties were added in FESf.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Errors of A