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Issues : Inaccuracies in GC

b. 572-573

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No tie in EE

Tied g in GC (→GE) & FE
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In EE g is not tied, which most probably results from omission. In GC there is no appropriatew tie in b. 572 (at the end of ther system), which was corrected in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 573-584

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur in EE

Slurs in GC, contextual interpretation

Literal reading of slurs in GC (→GE)

No slurs in FE
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The FE - without slurs - most probably goes back to the original phrasing of these bars. The EE with a slur in bars 581-584 must be Chopin's annotations of the original. In the main text we use undoubtedly the authentic and most precise slurring of GC. The slurs over the new line break (bars 580-581) in GC, when read literally, suggest continuation. Such was the reading of GE, however, we believe Chopin to have meant a new slur from b. 581, just like in EE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 585-590

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur in EE and literal reading of GC (→GE)

Slur in FE

Contextual interpretation of slurs in GC
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In the main text we present the GC slurring. Literal reading of the slurs extending over the bar line (bars 588-589) suggests continuation. Such is the interpretation of GE and there is an identical slur in EE. However, we believe that Chopin intended here a new slur from b. 589, similarly to what we find in FE

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 605

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 620

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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The GC slur extends over to the rest on the second beat of the bar. This was characteristic of a freestyle writing of slurs by Gutmann (and also quite often by Chopin). 

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccuracies in GC