Issues : Errors of GC

b. 203-230

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slurs in EE & FE

Slurs in GC, possible contextual interpretation

Slurs in GE

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The interpretation of slur beginnings in GC is as difficult here as it was in the case of bar 159 and analogous bars – the slurs begin on the first crotchet. Only in bar 219, the last one in the system, the slur is missing altogether which is doubtless due to oversight, as the slur in 220 suggests continuation. In GE, three out of four slurs begin on the quavers (and also slurs were added for the L.H.). In our main text we give the slurring of EE and FE, as it is both convincing and error-free.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of GC

b. 208-211

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur in EE

Slur in GC, the simplest reading

Slur in FE

Slur in GE

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EE is the only source in which the slur corresponds with natural phrasing in those bars. In FE the slur ends on the last chord of bar 210. In GC it abruptly ends with the end of the line, which in GE was interpreted logically, yet without taking into account the context of similar places. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC

b. 215-218

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

Slurs of different lengths in GC

7 slurs in FE1 (→FE2)

8 slurs in FE3 (→FE4) & EE

3 slurs in GE1

Slurs of different lengths in GE2

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Same as in the previous bars, the slurring of GC is very careless in these bars. GE1 printed only three slurs, which was completed in GE2, almost literally reproducing GC. The remaining editions contain correct slurs, only FE1 (→FE2) overlooked the slur at the transition between bars 217 and 218.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Errors of GC , Authentic corrections of EE

b. 217

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

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In GC (→GE1) the bar includes only 5 crotchets, as the copyist overlooked the third chord. The mistake was corrected in GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of GC

b. 221

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

e1 in chords in GC (→GE)

f1 in chords in FE (→EE)

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The version of GC (→GE) is certainly erroneous – it is proved by, e.g., the pedalling.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Errors of GC