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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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b. 521

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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FE overlooked the  lowering c3 to c3. The mistake was rectified in EE and in two teaching copies, FED and FESf.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , Annotations in FESf

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. 522

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

g2 in A (→FC→GE, →FE→EE)

g2 in FESf
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The natural lowering g2 to g2, written in ink in FESf, defines a version that, according to us, may be considered a potentially authentic variant:

  • Relation to the preceding, ascending sequence (in b. 520) was not approached by Chopin rigorously – cf. the prototype of those motifs in b. 53-56, where a descending chromatic sequence corresponds to an ascending diatonic sequence.
  • The resulting figure is strictly analogous to the next segments of the progression in b. 530 and 534.
  • The intervals resulting between the transitional notes and the ones belonging to the chords in b. 520-521 are whole tone e2-f2, semitone g2-a2 and semitone b2-c3, respectively; the figure in b. 522-523 includes the same scheme of descending intervals when the 4th quaver is g2: whole tone b2-a2, semitone g2-f2 and semitone e2-d2.
  • In this context, the note is clearly of transitional nature, without prejudice to the E major key, consolidated since b. 516.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Authentic post-publication changes and variants , Annotations in FESf

b. 523

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Slur in bar 523 in A (→FE→EE)

Slur to bar 524 in FC (→GE)
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According to us, the longer slur of FC is an inaccuracy of the copyist, hence in the main text we give the whole-bar slur of A. We consider the other possibility – the slur having been added in FC by Chopin – to be less likely (see, however, b. 531-536).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FC

b. 524

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No slur in A (→FE→EE)

Slur in FC (→GE)
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The authenticity of the slur of FC (→GE) is not excluded, yet it is highly unlikely, according to us.

category imprint: Differences between sources