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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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b. 666-669

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No signs in A (→FE→EE)

  in FC (→GE1)

  in GE2 (→GE3)
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In the main text we reproduce the   hairpins after FC (→GE1), into which they were entered by Chopin (in b. 215-218, see the note to b. 658-682). The changes in the range of the marks introduced in GE2 (→GE3) do not stem from Chopin's notation.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , GE revisions

b. 672-677

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No sign in A (→FE→EE)

in FC (→GE)
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In the main text we give an almost six-bar  mark, written by Chopin in FC in b. 221-226 (according to the composer's instructions in A (→FC), these bars are to be repeated here without changes).

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 676-677

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No markings in A (→FE→EE)

One-bar pedalling in FC (→GE1) & GE3

Two-bar pedal in GE2
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The pedalling added by Chopin in FC (→GE1) in b. 225-226, of which the discussed bars are an exact repetition, is inaccurate, according to us: see the note concerning these bars. A corresponding change was introduced in GE2, yet GE3 returned to the notation of FC.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 678

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No mark in A (→FE→EE)

 in FC (literal reading→GE1)

Short accent in GE2 (→GE3)

Long accent suggested by the editors
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According to Chopin, this bar is supposed to be a repetition of b. 227. Due to the reasons discussed in the note concerning that bar, in the main text we interpret the mark written there by Chopin as a long accent. A similar solution was adopted also in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 678-679

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Slur in A

No slur in FC (→GE) & FE (→EE)
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The discussed bars are an exact repetition of b. 227-228. The slur written there in A over the b-a motif was not repeated in derivative sources, both there and here. See also b. 95-96.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE