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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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b. 656

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Small crotchet in A (→FC→GE1, →FE→EE)

Acciaccatura in GE2 (→GE3)
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In the main text we give the only authentic notation of the ornament, written in A. However, we accept the notation of GE2 (→GE3), since it almost certainly marks the same performance.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 657

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

 without  in A (→FE→EE) & GE2 (→GE3)

with [] suggested by the editors

No  in FC (→GE1)
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The missing  in FC (→GE1) is most probably an oversight of the copyist (in b. 206, of which the discussed bar is an exact repetition, added in GE2 (→GE3).
The missing  over the mordent must be an inaccuracy of Chopin: see b. 74.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals

b. 658-663

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No markings in A (→FE→EE) & GE1

Dashes in FC & GE2 (→GE3)
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We give the dashes marking the range of cresc. from b. 654 after the Chopinesque entry in FC in b. 207-212, since the discussed bars are a repetition thereof, not written out.

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issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 658-682

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In both manuscripts these bars are written in an abridged manner as repetition of b. 207-231.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 658-682

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No markings in A (→FE→EE)

Pedalling in FC (→GE)
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In the main text we give the pedalling entered by Chopin into FC (→GE) in b. 207-231, of which the discussed bars are a repetition. It is only b. 676-677 that we discuss separately, which contain a probably superfluous pedal change between the bars. 

category imprint: Differences between sources