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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Issues : Deletions in A

b. 503

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In A one can see a crossing-out of both the second and third crotchet in the L.H. It is difficult to decipher what was crossed out:

  • the 2nd crotchet had 3 or 4 ledger lines; in the latter it would probably be a Terzverschreibung, which Chopin first wanted to correct without rewriting the note;
  • the 3rd crotchet must have contained d1.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 521-522

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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The crossings-out visible in A allow us to reconstruct the previous version of the 2nd and 4th chords: . The textural affinity with the motifs in b. 516-518 allows us to assume that it was the original version.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 524-525

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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The mark crossed out in A on the 2nd beat of bar 524 is most probably a crotchet rest. It means that initially the L.H. part was the same as in b. 516 (except for the enharmonic difference in the notation).
We were not able to determine what the crossing-out in a similar place in b. 525 concerned. In turn, it seems that the dots extending the b-b1 crotchet and the quaver flag of the first g-e1 sixth could have been added later, which is indicated by the spaces between the notes.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A , Accompaniment changes

b. 527

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

at end of bar in A (→FC→GE)

No marking in FE

on 2nd beat in EE
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In A the  mark is at the end of the page, squeezed above the deleted  marks. It was probably the reason for its omission in FE. The mark was added in EE at the end of the R.H. passage.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Deletions in A

b. 535

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In A one can see that the 1st octave was originally written as E-e.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A , Enharmonic corrections