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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 189-190

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No sign in A (→FC→GE1, →FE→EE) & GE3

 in GE2
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The  hairpin is an arbitrary addition of GE2 (removed in GE3), modelled after b. 57-58. Chopin added similar, although slightly differently placed marks in FC in b. 49-50 & 57-58, yet he did not repeat that addition for the second time (b. 181-182 & 189-190). The reviser of GE2 must have noticed the missing  mark (see the adjacent note) and repeated both indications, i.e. , after having checked analogous b. 57.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 193

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

in A

in FC

in FE & GE

in EE
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , EE inaccuracies

b. 194-196

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Staccato dot in A (→FC→GE1)

No marks in FE (→EE) & GE2

3 dots in GE3
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As in b. 186 and 188, we regard the staccato dot in b. 194 as a remnant of an original version, presumably removed during the proofreading of FE (→EE). The mark was also omitted in GE2, while GE3 not only restored it but also arbitrarily added dots in b. 195-196.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 197-198

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Two-bar  in A (→FC→GE1, →FE→EE)

One-and-half-bar  in GE2 (→GE3)
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A shorter  hairpin seems to be simply a result of carelessness of the engraver of GE2 (→GE3). It is worth noting that a significant number of revisions was performed in that edition, cf. e.g. b. 203-204, yet in the discussed case there is no visible reason for such an intervention. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 200-208

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No marks in A (→FE→EE)

Long accents in bars 200-201 in FC

Short accents in bars 200-201 in GE1

Short accents in GE2 (→GE3)

Long accents suggested by editors
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Differently than in analogous b. 68-77, Chopin did not write any accents in b. 200-201 & 208-209 in A; he could have considered the marks written for the first time to be sufficient. However, while proofreading FC he added accents in b. 200-201, which confirms their validity also in this appearance of the theme. Due to the above reason, in the main text we also add a mark in b. 208 (and 209). Accents were also added in GE2 (→GE3). In GE all marks in those bars are common, short accents.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FC