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b. 482
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composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor
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There are no reasons to believe the version of EE to be authentic. Therefore, the disturbance of the pianistic regularity of the passages, unjustified in terms of harmony, must be a mistake. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors in EE |
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b. 485-490
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composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor
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The shorter slurs of GE2 in b. 485-486 and 489-490 (as well as in b. 477-478, 481-482 and 490-491) must be a result of a revision, although the reason thereof is unclear. It could have been due to thinking in terms of bowing: adding a note both ending a motif and falling on a strong beat of the bar to the previous ones would be unnatural on string instruments. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: GE revisions |
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b. 486
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composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor
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Just like in analogous b. 478, A features here a long accent, although its length seems to be less distinct than there. Nevertheless, it was reproduced as a long one not only in FC, but also in FE, which previously contained a short accent. To the main text we adopt a long accent, in accordance with b. 478 and with a slightly longer articulation of these octaves marked by Chopin with rhythmic values: these are minims, and not staccato crotchets, such as in, e.g. the next two bars. category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , EE inaccuracies |
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b. 489-490
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composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor
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The shorter slur in GE2 results from an arbitrary revision (cf. previous analogous motives), overturned in GE3. category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions issues: GE revisions |
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b. 490-491
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composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor
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In A one can see in these bars 4 minor crossings-out. All concern cautionary accidentals that Chopin, after a moment of reflection, considered superfluous. The accidentals in the L.H. part – category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information issues: Cautionary accidentals , Deletions in A |
3 in 
before c
before B in b. 491 – warn us not to play notes peculiar to the G minor key, which is going to be confirmed only just in the next bar.