Issues : Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 209

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No mark in A (→FCGE1, →FEEE)

Short accent in GE2 (→GE3)

Long accent suggested by the editors

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In the main text we add a long accent after the authentic marks in analogous b. 69 & 77 and b. 201. The addition was also performed in GE2 (→GE3), in the form of a short accent.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 240

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

b1-g2-b2 in A (→FCGE1, →FEEE)

b1-f2-b2 in GE2 (→GE3)

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The version of the majority of the sources, the 3rd chord with g2, does not raise doubts as such. However, they arise when compared with analogous b. 108, in which, after the corrections performed in A, Chopin eventually wrote a chord featuring f2. Actually, the corrections probably concerned the issue of rhythm; however, they guarantee that the b1-f2-b2 chord does not contain a mistake and was intended by Chopin. What is more, had the corrections been performed simultaneously with the revision of the entire manuscript, this version would have been the last one written by Chopin. Taking into account the above observations as well as the fact that it seems highly unlikely that such an insignificant difference could have been intentionally left behind, we consider the version with f2 an equivalent variant. This is the only version that was introduced in GE2 (→GE3).
There is a similar situation in b. 691.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 257

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

D1 in sources

D suggested by the editors

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In the main text we suggest the D note introduced by Chopin in the proofreading of FE in analogous b. 125, since Chopin's intentional differentiation between those bars seems to be less likely than an oversight of the correction in b. 257.

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issues: Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 374

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No fingering in sources

[1] suggested by the editors

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The fact that there is no indication that f should be taken over by the L.H. is to be considered an inaccuracy of notation. Chopin could have considered the indication in very similar b. 293 to be clear enough, yet it is also possible that he simply overlooked that place while adding ones in b. 293 and 395.

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issues: Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 376

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Dotted minim g in A (→FEEE) & GE1

Minim g in FC & GE2 (→GE3)

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The dotted g minim is the original version, left in A most probably by inadvertence. It is indicated by corrections in two previous analogous places (b. 274 and 295). Chopin's distraction in this place, as well as in the entire second appearance of this section, is proven by a few evident inaccuracies, e.g. the overlooked ties of g-e1 in b. 375-376 and f-f1 in b. 392-393. The versions of FC and GE1 are probably erroneous: the copyist was copying A with a dotted minim, of which the engraver of GE1 could not have been aware. The omission of the dot in GE2 (→GE3) is probably a revision unifying that bar with the three remaining analogous places. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Omitted correction of an analogous place , Errors of FC