Issues : Authentic corrections of FE
b. 326-330
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composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor
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A comparison with analogous b. 428-432 proves that the complementary pedalling markings in b. 326, 328 and 330, added by Chopin in FC and FE, are to be considered jointly; the second time Chopin added three pedals in each of the two sources. A proper addition was also introduced in GE2 (→GE3). category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of FC |
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b. 348
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composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor
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The version of EE, which can be considered an interpretation – ignoring the musical sense – of the slur of A, written with panache, could have been repeated after FE, which, after all, was based on A. In the very FE the erroneous slur would have been corrected in the last phase of proofreading (although there are no visible traces of such a correction on the available photocopies of FE copies). In turn, the slur in GE1 – beginning from f in the previous bar – is completely erroneous. The engraver could have mistaken the bars, since they end with the same note (the mistake was corrected in subsequent GE). category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Errors in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in FC |
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b. 383
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composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor
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In A it is unclear whether the phrase mark is to begin from the 1st or the 2nd note of the bar, which was reflected in the differing versions of FC and FE (→EE). At the same time, in FE there are visible traces of shortening the phrase mark, which initially reached b1 in the previous bar. The version of GE is probably a 'standard inaccuracy' resulting from a tendency to adjust phrase marks (and dynamic hairpins) to regular rhythmic structures, e.g. bars, which is documented in a number of Chopin's pieces. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , Authentic corrections of FE |
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b. 394
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composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor
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The origin of the version of FE is unclear. It may be Chopin's proofreading; it would be then the latest authentic version. On the other hand, one cannot exclude a mistake of the engraver: looking at the already finished, correctly engraved version of FE, the engraver could have mistakenly associated the dot prolonging the f1 minim with the e1 crotchet and could have added the allegedly missing quaver flag to the next note. The second possibility is supported by the fact that the notation of FE is not entirely correct, since extending dots should be both next to e1 and f1. One can assume that Chopin would have bothered to add the second dot if he had prolonged the 1st crotchet. In this situation we consider the version of FE only a variant of uncertain authenticity while saving the main text for the undoubtedly Chopinesque version of A. The version of FE was regarded as erroneous already in EE, in which, however, not knowing the authentic version, the rhythm of the three previous analogous bars was introduced (369, 373 and 390). The same correction was entered into FESf, which could have also been performed by analogy and which does not influence the evaluation of a possible authenticity of that version. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE |
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b. 428-432
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composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor
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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 |