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b. 725-731

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Dashes in A (→FC) & GE2 (→GE3)

No dashes in FE (→EE) & GE1
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The missing dashes marking the range of cresc. are an inaccuracy of FE (→EE) and GE1. Omission of such dashes is a quite frequent discretion of Chopinesque first editions.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions

b. 726

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Pedal change on 2nd beat in A (→FE→EE)

Pedal change on 1st beat in FC (→GE)
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An earlier pedal change in FC (→GE) is a result of inaccuracy of the copyist, who probably considered the notation of A to be inaccurate.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FC

b. 730

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In A one can see that Chopin started writing the g quaver as a.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Deletions in A , Enharmonic corrections

b. 730-731

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

 on 3rd beat in A (literal reading→FC→GE1, →FE→EE) & GE3

 on 2nd beat in A (contextual interpretation) & GE2
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In A the R.H. quavers in these bars are written later than the L.H. part notation indicates, which is one of the reasons hampering the interpretation of the pedalling markings. The  marks begin under the 1st R.H. quaver but they end already after the last L.H. crotchet, which the majority of the sources reproduced as a  mark on the 3rd beat of the bar. Such a pedalling unnecessarily – contrary to cresc. – impoverishes the sound, since, differently than in the previous bars, the first two quavers of each of the passages do not form the chord built with pedal. Therefore, in the main text we keep in these bars the pedalling model from the previous passages, which is pianistically natural and compliant with the notation of A. Such a solution was adopted in GE2, whereas GE3 restored the notation of FC (→GE1). 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in FC , Inaccuracies in A

b. 730-731

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No slur in A (→FE→EE)

Slur in FC (→GE)
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In the main text we keep the slur of FC (→GE), yet it is uncertain whether it was added by Chopin. Anyway, the missing slur in A is probably just an oversight (of Chopin), so it seems justified to add that slur, even if it was added by Fontana.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FC