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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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b. 72-74

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur in EE and FE

GC (→GE)
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The slur in GC (→GE) seems inaccurate. This is confirmed by the concordant version of EE and FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 74

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Beginning of the slur in EE & GC (→GE)

FE
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The slur in FE is doubtless the result of wrong understanding of the hand-written base text, which was perhaps inaccurate. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 97-98

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No markings in EE & GC (→GE)

Slur and dot in FE
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The slur and staccato dot in bar 98 are only found in FE, so perhaps they were added in proofing.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 97-98

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur in EE, FE & GE

Slurs in GC
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The slurs in GC are written in a careless manner, so the exact moment when the first of them ends (on the 1st or the 2nd beat of the bar) and the other one begins (on the 2nd or the 3rd beat) is not clear. The slur in GE is not divided at all, perhaps due to that ambiguous notation. Our interpretation of  GC takes into account the copyist’s evident tendency to draw slurs vigorously, making them longer rather than shorter. In our main text we do not end the slur in bar 97, following EE and FE in that respect.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 129-139

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur in EE

Literal reading of GC (→GE1)

Markings in GC, contextual interpretation

Slur in FE

Markings in GE2
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For our main text we adopt the version of GC. That version was also reproduced in GE, albeit inaccurately (the slur in bar 135) and it was additionally revised in GE2 (dots in the L.H. in bars 129-130). The notation of EE may also be considered a less accurate rendition of that version. The long slur of FE was added in print, probably at Chopin's request, and replaced a shorter one beginning from bar 134, which was definitely erroneous. That version should be therefore considered an alternative authentic approach to phrasing and articulation markings for that fragment. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in GC