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b. 632-634

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Pedalling in EE

No markings in GC (→GE)

Pedalling in FE

Our suggestion
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None of the sources provides correct pedalling in these bars. No  in EE (b. 632) and FE (b. 634) may only slightly mislead the performer as in both sources the moment of releasing (changing) pedals is marked with  (accordingly in bars 633 and 635). In GC (→GE) there is no pedalling until the end of the piece, which most certainly can be classified as the copyist's omission (in two last lines of the text 259-266 i 548-553). 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , No pedal release mark , Errors of GC

b. 632

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

e2 in FE (→EE)

e2 in GE
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Stylistically speaking, the version of GE is absolutely possible – such melodic sequences can be quite frequently found in Chopin's pieces (cf. bar 610 or bar 66 in the 2nd mov. as well as, e.g. the Ballade in G Minor, Op. 23, bar 45 and 47). However, in this case, nothing supports the authenticity of that version – in similar contexts, in spite of the step of augmented second, Chopin used a harmonic note in bar 636 as well as in bar 624, 628 and 640.  

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 632-657

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In both manuscripts the next 64 bars are written in an abbreviated manner as repetition of b. 181-244. Chopin restricted himself to marking the empty bars and indicated the numbers of two pages of the manuscript, numbering 32 bars each, that are to be taken into account again as b. 632-695.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 633

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No mark in EE

Staccato dot in GC (→GE) & FE
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No staccato dot in EE most certainly cannot be the final version.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 633

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

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The notation of accidentals in FE, although faultless, is illogical – a cautionary  before e1 appears only just before the 4th quaver, while the  before c​​​​​​​2 is unnecessarily repeated in the 2nd group of semiquavers. The remaining editions took an attempt at ordering the notation:

  • in GE1 (→GE2), the before e1 was removed, whereas a natural was added before the G crotchet;
  • GE3 added naturals also before e2 and e1 in the 1st group and removed the superfluous ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ – this is the notation we apply in the main text;
  • in EE1, the  before e1 was moved to the 1st figure in the bar, and the superfluous  was removed;
  • in EE2, a  was added before G at the beginning of the bar;
  • in EE3, a  was added before e2 in the 1st group of semiquavers, which resulted in the same version as in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals