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b. 239-240

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

8 in bar 239 in EE & GC (→GE)

8 in bars 239-240 in FE

Version of FE, unabbreviated notation 
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In EE and GC (→GE) the lower note of the L.H. octave, D, is written – as 8 – only in bar 239. That notation, when read literally, means the absence of both the tie and the tied note in bar 240. In FE, sustaining of the entire octave is written, also by means of an abbreviation, is a doubtless manner.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC , Abbreviated octaves' notation

b. 239-243

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur in EE

Slur in GC (→GE)

Slur in FE
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In GC, the slur ending in bar 239 – the last bar on the page of that manuscript – allows for several possible interpretations. As the version of that source we give the one that is the closest to the literal reading of the text, i.e. slur reaching the end of that bar. This is how it was reproduced in GE. Other possible interpretations include: slur continuation into bar 240 (version of FE) and closing the slur on f in bar 239 (version of EE). For our main text we adopt the slur of FE, in line with the slurring of analogous phrases in bars 192-199 and 486-493.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 239

composition: Op. 42, Waltz in A♭ major

 in FE1

leggiero in GE

Both indications in EE
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Chopin added the indication leggiero in FEG (→GE) and in the base text to EE, whereas  – in the base text to FE and EE. As each of these indications was written by Chopin in two base texts and in one of them – EE – he wrote both, in the main text we give both indications. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Authentic corrections of GE , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 239

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

B1-B in the sources

B2-B1 suggested by the editors
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The descending bass line in two previous bars suggests the use of a B2-B1 octave, absent in the pianos being at Chopin's disposal (the range of his instruments reached C1).

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Constraint from piano range

b. 239-241

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt II

Staccato dot in GC (→GE) & FE

No marks in EE

Two dots suggested by the editors
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The absence of the staccato dot over the 2nd crotchet in bar 239 in EE may be linked to the addition of slurs, however, according to us, the authenticity of the dot's omission is not certain – the engraver of EE could have overlooked it or considered it to be superfluous with relation to the added slur. Due to the fact that the added slurs are of a phrasing character in this texture (and not articulation), in the main text we suggest dots in both analogous bars 239 and 241.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions