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Issues : Errors in EE

b. 555

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

a in EE, GC & FE

a in GE
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In EE, GC and FE the fourth quaver is notated as a. The presence of 'a' notes as the ones comprising the chords in the previous and following bars indicates erroneous omissions of sharps by Chopin. And so the spot was corrected in GE accordingly.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , GE revisions , Errors of GC

b. 555-558

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

2 slurs in A (→FE,FC→GE)

No slurs in EE
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The missing three-note R.H. slurs in b. 555-556 and 557-558 must be a mistake of EE. Generally, EE include a few slurring irregularities in this fragment that are difficult to explain; see also b. 557-560, 561-566.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

b. 572-573

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No tie in EE

Tied g in GC (→GE) & FE
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In EE g is not tied, which most probably results from omission. In GC there is no appropriatew tie in b. 572 (at the end of ther system), which was corrected in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 606-620

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

up to bar 615 in EE (simplest interpretation)

up to bar 620, contextual interpretation of EE

up to bar 612 in GC (→GE)

No marking in FE
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For the main text we adopt cresc. - - - based on GC (→GE). In EE it is divided into syllables (it is the common manner of EE) and extends further only to abruptly end without the last syllable "do" - in b. 615, which is the last on the page. The placement of the first two syllables in bars 606 i 613 suggests that the whole indication should extend as far as b. 620. In FE there is no marking at all, which is most probably Chopin's omission while writing hastily [A2] (cf. annotation to b. 373) 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE

b. 614

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

f in FE (→GE)

e in EE
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The version of EE must be erroneous – such 'generalisation' of schemes of figurations, particularly those containing recurrent elements, is a relatively frequent mistake of engravers – cf. e.g. bar 594. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE