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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Issues : EE inaccuracies

b. 14-15

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

in A (→FE) & GE

in FC & EE
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In accordance with the analysis of the  or  marks written by Chopin in A in this and analogous pairs of bars (see b. 6-7), in the main text we give an averaged, more or less one-bar long hairpin featured in FC and EE. According to us, all marks, regardless of their length, should be interpreted as long accents.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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

b. 18-20

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Long accents in A (→FE)

Different accents in FC

Short accents in GE & EE
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It was only the first of the three undoubtedly long accents of A that was reproduced as long in FC. In GE the marks were unified as short accents. Short accents, contrary to FE, are also given in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 38-39

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

in A (→FC→GE, →FE)

in EE
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In accordance with the analysis of the Chopinesque  or  marks in this and analog. pairs of bars (see b. 6-7), in the main text we give an averaged, more or less one-bar long hairpin of EE. According to us, all marks, regardless of their actual length, are to be considered long accents here.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE inaccuracies

b. 42-43

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Long accents in A (→FE)

Short accents in FC (→GE) & EE
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Both Fontana and the engraver of EE considered the longer marks of A (→FE) to be an inaccuracy and replaced them with common, short accents.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 57-58

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Slur from bar 58 in A (→FC→GE1, →FE→EE)
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The beginning of the slur in EE is placed inaccurately; therefore, it is uncertain whether the slur begins from the 1st or 2nd note of b. 58. We adopt the version compliant with the Stichvorlage (FE) and with the analogous passage a line above. In GE2 (→GE3) the slur begins already from the minim in b. 57, just like 8 bars before. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , EE inaccuracies