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b. 159

composition: Op. 43, Tarantella

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In A The E-e octave in the second half of bars 151, 155 and 159 in LH is a crotchet without any augmentation dots or rests. It seems more appropriate to complete the rhythm with a rest, just yhe way Chopin notated it in a corresponding bar 163. The augmentation dots found in the discussed bars in #FE3 (→FE#(→IE), GE and EE must have been the copyist's addition.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

b. 159-187

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slurs in EE & FE

Slurs in GC, possible contextual interpretation

Slurs in GE
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In GC, the beginnings of slurs in bars 159, 167, 175 and 183 are clearly placed above the 1st beat of the bar. Such notation may have been intended by Chopin in order to underline the four-bar resounding of the chords ending each one of the choral phrases. However, another possibility is that the notation is simply inaccurate here - there are many places in GC with imprecisely written slurs (and this is how the matter was generally interpreted in GE). As the main text we give the slurring of EE and FE, free of errors or doubts, where the slurs begin on the 2nd beat  together with quaver figurations. The issue occurs in other similar fragments that begin in bars 203, 291, 307, 453, 497.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 159-183

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 and leggierissimo in EE

leggierissimo and  in GC

 and leggierissimo in GE

 and  in FE

Our suggestion
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Dynamic markings at the beginning of quaver figurations in bars 159, 167, 175 and 183 are written in the sources in several different manners, yet those differences are without greater practical significance. For our main text we basically adopt the indications found in GC (→GE) and EE; we also move to the space between the staves those  dynamic marks that were placed under the L.H. part,  as in further repetitions of similar phrases Chopin usually placed them between the parts of both hands. The markings of FE are less accurate, or partly even erroneous. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 159

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Pedalling in EE & GC

No markings in GE1

 in GE2

Pedalling in FE

Our suggestion
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Lack of pedal marking in GE1 is an obvious error. GE2 has  under the octave in bar 159, which is also obviously wrong. In the editors' opinion, also the premature release of the pedal in EE and GC is erroneous – in other similar situations the pedal remains depressed for at least 4 bars. Our proposal corresponds to the placement of the  mark that is most often seen in analogous places.  

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 159-166

composition: Op. 38, Ballade in F major

No slur in sources

Slur suggested by the editors
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The slur in the R.H. ends in A in bar 158. It is likely that the composer forgot about the slur's continuation after passing to a new line; the slur was not added in any of the editions.
We add it in the main text. 

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Errors of A , Uncertain slur continuation