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b. 644-645

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in EE & GC (→GE)

Long accent in FE

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In GC (→GE) and EE, the  marks, despite some differences, undoubtedly apply to both C major chords in these bars. We believe they represent a long accent spanning the two chords. The mark in FE is a typical long accent characteristic of this edition.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 644

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In FE all chords are written as crotchets, and so the bar consists mistakenly of 7 quavers. When we compare it with EE and GC (→GE), we can actually pinpoint the miastake in the last chord of the bar.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors in FE

b. 644-645

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Pedalling in EE

No pedalling in GC (→GE)

Pedaliing in FE

Our suggestion

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The EE pedalling, however formally correct, raises doubts as for its singling out of the third crotchet in b. 643, which in this tempo is difficult to perform and sonically unjustified. In FE pedal release in b. 645 is surprising as it contradicts the pedaling technique leading to the cumulation of sound of the subsequent chords, which was commonly used by Chopin at the end of his works (but not only there). Pedalling in GC (→GE) must have been omitted (cf. annotation to bars 632-634). For the main text we adopt the pedalling based on FE but without  in b. 645, whose authenticity we doubt.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: FE revisions , No pedal release mark , Errors of GC

b. 644

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

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In this bar, FE (→EE,GE1GE2) contains a few poorly justified cautionary accidentals – naturals before c3 and a1 (the 3rd quaver) and a  repeated before d​​​​​​​2 on the 4th quaver.​​​​​​​ GE3 removed the last two accidentals.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 644

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

in A

in FC, FE (→EE) & GE1

No sign in GE2

in GE3

 suggested by the editors

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In A nad FC, this bar is a replica of b. 193, and likewise there we regard the shorter  sign as possibly inaccurate. For that reason, in the main text we give a longer hairpin, modelled on b. 185.
The absence of the sign in GE2 can be explained by an oversight or a revision, aiming to make this bar uniform with the analogous b. 636. GE3 restored the .

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions