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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Issues : Inaccuracies in FE

b. 708

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No indication in A

in FC (→GE)

Dashes in FE (→EE)
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In the main text we give the  indication entered by Chopin into FC (→GE). The dashes marking the range of cresc. are most probably a mistake of the engraver of FE (→EE), who led them to the end of the page instead of to the end of the phrase.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 725-731

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Dashes in A (→FC) & GE2 (→GE3)

No dashes in FE (→EE) & GE1
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The missing dashes marking the range of cresc. are an inaccuracy of FE (→EE) and GE1. Omission of such dashes is a quite frequent discretion of Chopinesque first editions.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 756

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

marcato in A (literal reading→FC→GE1)

marcato in A (contextual interpretation) & GE2 (→GE3)

marcato in FE (→EE)
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A initially contained the word ben, which Chopin then deleted, written before the indication marcato. As a result, in FC (→GE1) marcato begins around the 3rd crotchet in b. 756, which may suggest that it is valid only just from this note. In FE (→EE), due to the transition into a new line, the indication was moved to b. 757. In the main text we place it in the starting point of the original indication ben marcato. Such a solution was introduced also in GE2 (→GE3).

There is a visible deletion of a hardly legible indication under the R.H. part. The last word is probably forza. See also b. 756-761.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Corrections in A , GE revisions , Deletions in A