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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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b. 351

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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GE2 omitted a staccato dot to B in the L.H. – certainly an engraver's oversight. The mark was added in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 375-396

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No signs in A (→FE→EE)

2  in FC (→GE1)

2 longer  in GE2 (→GE3)
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In the main text we give the  hairpin written by Chopin in b. 375-376 and 396-397 in FC (→GE). In subsequent GE the marks were arbitrarily extended after b. 273-274.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FC

b. 411

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Staccato dot in A (→FC) & GE3

No mark in FE (→EE) & GE1 (→GE2)
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The missing staccato dot is an oversight of the engravers of FE and GE. It was only GE3 that noticed the mark in FC.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 413-435

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

1 long, 9 short accents in FC

9 short accents in FE

10 short accents in GE1

10 short accents in EE

12 short accents in GE2 (→GE3)

12 long accents suggested by the editors
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The accents written in A in b. 413, 415 and analog. mean almost certainly the same despite differences, generally minor ones, in length and shape. The majority of the marks is rather short; however, four (b. 417, 425, 433 and 435) are definitely long, which makes us provide the main text with long accents only. At the same time, we add the accents Chopin overlooked in b. 419 and 431. We consider the version of GE2 (→GE3) with a complete set of short accents to be an alternative solution.
The mark in b. 435 was overlooked in FE (→EE), whereas the mark in b. 419 was added in EE. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in FC

b. 427

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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GE1 (→GE2) overlooked a staccato dot to the L.H. A. The mark was added in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions