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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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b. 492

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

in A (→FC→GE)

No marking in FE (→EE)
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The missing  in FE (→EE) is most probably an oversight of the engraver. See also the note in the next bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 528-539

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No indication in A

cresc. - - - in FC (→GE)

cresc. - - - in FE (→EE)
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Chopin added a 12-bar crescendo both in FC (→GE) and FE (→EE). In the main text we reproduce the notation of FC, in which the word cresc. appears in b. 528 slightly earlier (anyway, in the case of such a long dynamic change it does not actually matter). See also b. 540.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 540

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No marking in A (→FC→GE)

in FE (→EE)

(), our variant suggestion
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Chopin initially wrote a  in FC and then deleted it, probably replacing it with an accent. However, in the proofreading of FE, which must have been performed later, he used that indication again. Since we generally draw the Scherzo's performance indications from FC, which is most carefully developed by Chopin in this regard, we do not include that  in the main text. However, taking into account the fact that Chopin would frequently use a combination of  and an accent, we consider it to be possible to add that indication (in a variant form) to the accents adopted in the main text. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Chopin's hesitations

b. 544

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No indication in A (→FC→GE)

sempre  in FE (→EE)

Our variant suggestion
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There is no doubt that it was Chopin that added the indication sempre  in FE. To the main text we adopt a slightly differently formulated indication added by Chopin in FC (sempre con fuoco), hence we give the indication added in FE, although the latest, in the form of a variant addition.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 544

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No indication in A (→FE→EE)

sempre con fuoco in FC (→GE)
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In the main text we include the indication added by Chopin in FC, which is our principal source due to its most careful preparation. See also the note below.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FC