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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Issues : Authentic corrections of FC

b. 99-100

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No sign in A (→FE→EE)

 in FC (→GE1)
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In the main text we give the  hairpin written by Chopin in FC (→GE1). The two-bar mark in GE2 (→GE3) is a result of a standard revision adjusting hairpins (and also, e.g. slurs) to rhythmic structures, e.g. bars.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 103-106

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No signs in A (→FE→EE)

2  in FC (→GE)
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In the main text we give two subsequent  marks written by Chopin in FC (→GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 103-104

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No markings in A

Pedalling in FC (→GE) & FE (→EE)
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In the main text we give the pedalling added by Chopin in both FC (→GE) and FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 107-108

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No sign in A (→FE→EE)

 in FC (→GE)
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In the main text we give the  hairpin entered by Chopin into FC (→GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FC

b. 109-113

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No indication in A

cresc. from bar 109 in FC (→GE)

cresc. from bar 110 in FE (→EE)
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Chopin added a several-bar long crescendo both in FC (→GE) and in the proofreading of FE (→EE) (the latter started a bar later). In the main text we give the indication of FC, since it forms part of a much more detailed set of dynamic indications for the entire theme. The dashes marking the range of the crescendo are led in both groups of sources (except for GE1) to the  mark, which, however, falls on a different bar in each of the groups: see the note to b. 114-117.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of FC