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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Issues : Omission of current key accidentals

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. 74

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No  in most sources

in FESf

[] suggested by the editors
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A missing  over a mordent is a typical inaccu­ra­cy of Chopin: he would put signs clarifying the performance of ornaments only occasionally, which, after all, was compliant with the then prevailing custom. The same applies to the sub­sequent repetitions of this phrase (bars 206 and 657). The sign was added in FESf.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: Omission of current key accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 206

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

 without  in A (→FE→EE) & GE2 (→GE3)

No  in FC (→GE1)

with [] suggested by the editors
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The missing  in FC (→GE1) could be an oversight of the copyist, corrected in GE2 (→GE3), probably on the basis of analogy with b. 74. The missing  over the mordent must be Chopin's inaccuracy: see b. 74.
A similar situation is to be found in b. 657.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Last key signature sign , Errors of FC

b. 209

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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A is missing the  raising g2 to g2. The patent inaccuracy was corrected both in FC (→GE) and FE (→EE). It is difficult to say conclusively who entered the  into FC, Chopin or Fontana. In turn, a diagonal cross, in pencil, visible in this place in A means that the missing mark was already noticed by the engraver of FE, as long as the mark comes from the time the Scherzo was published.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , FE revisions , Fontana's revisions

b. 445

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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There is no  raising d to d in A (→FE→EE1). Chopin's patent inaccuracy was corrected by Fontana in FC (→GE); a  was also added in EE2 (→EE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Fontana's revisions , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE