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b. 243-244

composition: Op. 43, Tarantella

 
 
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In FC3 the slur ends at the end of b. 243. In all the remaining sources it extends over to the chord on the first beat of b. 244.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 243-244

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No indication in EE

leggiero in GC

leggiero in FE

leggiero in GE
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In FE, the indication leggiero has the abbreviated form (leggier.) and precedes the beginning of the quaver passage. In EE it is missing altogether, which may reflect the notation of the hand-written base text or may simply be an oversight. For our main text we take the notation of GC (inaccurately reproduced in GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 243

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in GC

 in FE and GE

 in EE
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The fact that  is placed differently in different sources probably results from graphic difficulties in recreating the notation of the manuscripts. For our main text we take the notation of GC.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 243

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Beginning of the slur in EE

Slur in GC, contextual interpretation, and FE & GE
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The slur is surely inaccurate in GC and most probably inaccurate in EE. Written with a bold strike of the pen, that slur had probably been present in the autograph. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 243-249

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Hairpins in EE

GC (→GE)

FE

FE, possible interpretation
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Differences between the sources as far as the range of the hairpin mark is concerned, although pronounced, are most probably accidental. Somewhat delayed (bar 244) beginning of the  mark in GC (→GE) has no practical significance, while embracing bar 247 with the  is almost definitely Gutmann's mistake, as he made many such errors in his copies. Two  marks in FE are probably to be understood as one; in Chopin's times, the old convention was sometimes in use in which continuation of a dynamic change in a new line of text was marked with the same mark as a new dynamic change would be. In our main text we propose the marks of FE interpreted according to that convention. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC