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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Issues : Annotations in FED

b. 55-56

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In these bars in FED one can notice vague pencilled lines; such lines may be encountered in Chopinesque pupils' copies. They may have accompanied some verbal indications of the Master, yet it is generally impossible to guess their meaning.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Source & stylistic information

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 61-62

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Fingering written into FED

No teaching fingering
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In the main text we take into account the fingering entered into FED, which comes from Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 180

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Fingering written into FED

No teaching fingering
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The indication according to which the endings of both trills are to be performed by the L.H. only was added in FED.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED

b. 521

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

in A & GE

Shorter  in FC

in bar 521 in FE (→EE)

Long accent in FED
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According to us, the placement of the  hairpin under the L.H. chords in A was forced by lack of place over them: due to the notation of the topmost notes of the chords on the top stave, the mark must have been situated in a place already occupied by the R.H. slur and rests. It is confirmed by a teaching entry in FED, which we thus consider to be the most accurate expression of Chopin's intention. The hairpin of A was reproduced inaccurately both in FC and FE. In turn, the version of GE is close enough to the notation of A to be considered equivalent.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , Annotations in FED , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 521

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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FE overlooked the  lowering c3 to c3. The mistake was rectified in EE and in two teaching copies, FED and FESf.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FED , Annotations in FESf