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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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b. 557

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No signs in A (→FC,FE)

Continuous arpeggio in EE

Simultaneous arpeggios in GE
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Chopin must have overlooked the arpeggio signs, which is indicated by the arpeggios in analogous b. 553, 555 and 559. The composer overlooked the signs after changing to a new page of A. The arpeggios were already added in GE and EE (in EE continuous, like before).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Errors of A

b. 557-560

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

2 L.H. slurs in A (→FC→GE)

No slurs in FE

Slur in bars 559-560 in EE
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The missing L.H. slurs in b. 557-558 and 559-560 is most probably an oversight of the engraver of FE. The presence of the latter in EE indicates a revision or a mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 559

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Arpeggio signs in A (→FC→GE)

No signs in FE (→EE)
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Just like in b. 554, the missing wavy lines in FE (→EE) must be a mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 560

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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GE1 overlooked the arpeggio sign before the L.H. chord. It was reinstated in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 560-579

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

8 longer, 6 shorter slurs in A, literal reading

8 longer, 6 shorter slurs in FC, literal reading

14 longer slurs in FE (contextual interpretation→EE, contextual interpretation)

7 longer, 7 shorter slurs in GE1

14 longer slurs in GE2 (→GE3)
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The slurs encompassing the ostinato quaver figures in A are of different length: some reach the following crotchet, some do not. Statistically, it is the former that clearly prevail: 8 longer, 6-note slurs to only 4 shorter and 3 questionable ones (we interpret the questionable ones literally as short). The remaining sources do not show traces of Chopin's influence on the range of those slurs; except for minor inaccuracies, FC and GE1 reproduce the text of their Stichvorlagen, while FE (→EE) contain longer slurs only (we discuss b. 574-575 separately due to FE having overlooked the slur). In this situation, we base the main text on the above analysis of the notation of A; taking into account a high degree of structural and functional similarity of the discussed motifs, we suggest uniform, 6-note slurs in all figures.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Uncertain slur continuation