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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Issues : Accidentals in different octaves

b. 40

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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The manuscripts are missing the  before the bottom note of the 1st chord in the R.H. The patent inaccuracy was corrected both in FE (→EE) and GE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , FE revisions , Last key signature sign

b. 469-471

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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There is no accidental before the last note in b. 469 and before the penultimate one in b. 471 in A. This patent inaccuracy was corrected by Fontana in FC (→GE). Initially, both bars were deprived of the marks in FE; moreover, in b. 469 the discussed note was printed an octave too high (perhaps considering the use of an octave sign). That version was passed on to EE1, which added only the  in b. 471. In FE in the last phase of proofreading the note in b. 469 was moved to the right pitch, adding a  next to it, yet the mark in b. 471 was not added. In EE2 (→EE3) the pitch of the last note in b. 469 was corrected in accordance with the logic of the passage's structure, yet the  was not added.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Accidentals in different octaves , Errors in EE , Authentic corrections of FE , Fontana's revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 477

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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The  raising a3 to a3, overlooked in A (→FE), was added in FC (→GE) and EE. The mark was also added in FESf.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , Fontana's revisions , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in FE , Annotations in FESf

b. 499-500

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Chopin overlooked in A (→FC,FE) two indispensable naturals: lowering g2 to g2 in b. 499 and c2 to c2 in b. 500. The former was added in GE1, the latter – in EE. It is only GE2 (→GE3) that contains the correct text.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in FE

b. 541-543

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In A (→FC) there are no naturals before the crotchets ending the five-note groups (a2, a1 and a). Through a proof copy of FE, this mistake also found its way to EE1 (in FE the accidentals were added in the last phase of proofreading). The naturals are also present in GE and EE2 (→EE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in FC , Inaccuracies in A , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE