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b. 540-543
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composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor
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The missing slur in A (→FE) in b. 540-541 is almost certainly an oversight of Chopin. The next four slurs, written in A, illustrate the difficulties in interpreting handwritten slurs, since each of them manifests a defect (a gap or a shortening), resulting from interruption in the flow of ink. The copyist overlooked 3 out of those slurs (in b. 541-542 at the end of the line of the manuscript), which was completed in GE3. EE unified the slurs: the overlooked slur in b. 540-541 was added and the excessively short R.H. slur in b. 541-542 was prolonged. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , Errors of FC |
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b. 540-543
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composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor
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In the main text we give the pedalling of A, the only irrefutably authentic. The missing pedalling in FC (→GE) may be a result of an oversight of the copyist: overlooked slurs suggest distraction. It is also likely that Chopin added it in A after having prepared FC. The missing category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions , No pedal release mark , Errors of FC |
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b. 541-543
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composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor
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In A (→FC) there are no naturals before the crotchets ending the five-note groups (a2, a1 and a). Through a proof copy of FE, this mistake also found its way to EE1 (in FE the accidentals were added in the last phase of proofreading). The naturals are also present in GE and EE2 (→EE3). category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in FC , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE |
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b. 543-544
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composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor
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When interpreted literally, the slur of FC goes under the rest and ends on the treble clef at the end of b. 543. It misled the engraver of GE1; he assumed that the slur was supposed to reach the octave in b. 544. The nonsensical slur was removed in GE2 (in FC and GE1 there are no slurs in the previous bars) and restored, already in its correct form, in GE3. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in FC |
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b. 544
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composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor
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There is no doubt that it was Chopin that added the indication sempre category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Authentic corrections of FE |
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