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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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b. 452-457

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No markings in A

Pedalling in FC (→GE1), FE (→EE) & GE3

Pedalling in GE2
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In the main text we give the concordant pedalling of b. 452-453 and 456-457, entered by Chopin into FC (→GE1) and added by him in the proofreading of FE (→EE). The version of GE2 is an arbitrary revision, making those bars similar to b. 350-351 and 354-355. GE3 restored the version of FC and GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 473-475

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

in bar 475 in A & GE

2  signs in FC

No signs in FE (→EE)
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The additional  mark at the end of b. 473 was written by Fontana, hence it is a mistake. This is how it was considered already in GE. Omission of the correct mark (in b. 475) in FE (→EE) is also a mistake.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions , Errors of FC

b. 527

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

at end of bar in A (→FC→GE)

No marking in FE

on 2nd beat in EE
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In A the  mark is at the end of the page, squeezed above the deleted  marks. It was probably the reason for its omission in FE. The mark was added in EE at the end of the R.H. passage.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Deletions in A

b. 536

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No  in A (→FC→GE, →FE→EE)

in bar 539 in GE2

in bar 537 in GE3

[] suggested by the editors
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The sources lack an authentic pedal release mark of the pedal from b. 536. The  marks added in different places in GE2 and GE3 must be arbitrary. In the main text we suggest that the pedal is held throughout the entire four-bar section, based on one chord, until the end of crescendo, which is natural in this context.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , No pedal release mark

b. 540-543

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Pedal up to bar 542 in A

No markings in FC (→GE1) & GE3

only in FE (→EE)

Pedal up to bar 543 in GE2
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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  mark seems to be an oversight of the engraver of FE. The oversight can result in a long, more or less four-bar pedal, to which this virtuoso passage in loud dynamics prompts. Such a pedalling was indicated – arbitrarily – in GE2 and removed in GE3. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions , No pedal release mark , Errors of FC