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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Issues : Inaccuracies in FC

b. 592-624

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

2 dots in A

Dot in bar 600 in FE (→EE) & GE1

4 dots in GE2 (→GE3)
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Among the R.H. chords in b. 592, 600, 616 and 624, it is only the one in b. 600 that is provided with an unequivocal staccato mark (dot) in A (and in the remaining sources). B. 592 could also contain a dot; however, the potential mark is quite far from the chord and blends with the end of the slur; it was repeated neither in FC nor in FE. The missing marks are most probably an inaccuracy, hence in the main text we suggest dots in all four places. Such an addition was also introduced in GE2 (→GE3). 

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

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccuracies in FC , Inaccuracies in A

b. 597-598

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

in A

in FC & FE (→EE)

in GE
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In accordance with the analysis of the Chopinesque  or  marks in this and analogous pairs of bars (see b. 6-7), in the main text we give the averaged, more or less one-bar hairpin of FC and FE (→EE). According to us, all hairpins, regardless of their actual length, are to be interpreted as long accents.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 629-631

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

in A

Shorter  in FC (→GE)

Longer  in FE (→EE)
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According to us, the differences in the range of the  hairpin are accidental inaccuracies in the reproduction of the notation of A. In the main text we preserve the mark inserted by Chopin's hand, although its starting point cannot be clearly related to the other elements of notation, which was probably the reason for discrepancies in the remaining sources.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 718-719

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Slur to bar 719 in A (→FE→EE)

Slur to end of bar 718 in FC (→GE)
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The ending of the slur of A may seem inaccurate, hence the interpretation of that slur in FC (→GE) may be correct. An argument for such an interpretation could be a much shorter slur of A in an identical phrase 4 bars later. However, the correctness of the slur of A is supported by the clear slurs in the analogous situations in b. 758-759 and 762-763, hence in the main text we keep the notation of A.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 726

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Pedal change on 2nd beat in A (→FE→EE)

Pedal change on 1st beat in FC (→GE)
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An earlier pedal change in FC (→GE) is a result of inaccuracy of the copyist, who probably considered the notation of A to be inaccurate.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FC