mUltimate Chopin

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Issues : Errors of GC

b. 643

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Pedalling in EE & FE

No markings in GC (→GE)
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Pedalling markings in GC (→GE) must have been omitted.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC

b. 644

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In EE and FE we leave out redundant sharps before e and e1 in the last chord of the bar. The sharps are present in GC (→GE1) but the lower  is erroneously notated on g. In GE2 the accidntal was removed.

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Errors of GC

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