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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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p. 17, b. 524-551
p. 1, b. 1-43
p. 2, b. 44-76
p. 3, b. 77-102
p. 4, b. 103-132
p. 5, b. 133-175
p. 6, b. 176-208
p. 7, b. 209-234
p. 8, b. 235-264
p. 9, b. 265-303
p. 10, b. 304-333
p. 11, b. 334-365
p. 12, b. 366-405
p. 13, b. 406-435
p. 14, b. 436-467
p. 15, b. 468-493
p. 16, b. 494-523
p. 17, b. 524-551
p. 18, b. 552-583
p. 19, b. 584-626
p. 20, b. 627-657
p. 21, b. 658-682
p. 22, b. 683-707
p. 23, b. 708-739
p. 24, b. 740-780
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FC - Fontana's copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
FES - Stirling copy
FESf - Schiffmacher copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1
EE3 - Corrected impression of EE2
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FC - Fontana's copy
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FED - Dubois copy
FES - Stirling copy
FESf - Schiffmacher copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2
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  b. 540-543

Pedal up to bar 542 in A

No markings in FC (→GE1) & GE3

only in FE (→EE)

Pedal up to bar 543 in GE2

In the main text we give the pedalling of A, the only irrefutably authentic. The missing pedalling in FC (→GE) may be a result of an oversight of the copyist: overlooked slurs suggest distraction. It is also likely that Chopin added it in A after having prepared FC. The missing  mark seems to be an oversight of the engraver of FE. The oversight can result in a long, more or less four-bar pedal, to which this virtuoso passage in loud dynamics prompts. Such a pedalling was indicated – arbitrarily – in GE2 and removed in GE3. 

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE, GE revisions, No pedal release mark, Errors of FC

notation: Pedalling

Missing markers on sources: FE1, FED, FES, FESf, GE1, GE2, GE3, EE1, EE2, EE3, A, FC
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