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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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b. 372-373

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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 In GC G-g and A-a are erroneously the last octave in b. 372 and the first in b. 373. The obvious error of the copyist was corrected in GE. We find the correct version in the remianing sources too.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: GE revisions , Errors of GC

b. 373

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Rhythm in EE & FE

Rhythm in GC (→GE)
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Both rhythmical variations are most likely authentic. The fact that  appears just once in GC (→GE) may be linked to increased number of accents on a notes (in double octaves) beginning with b. 360 (also the ones added in b. 374). For the main text we adopt - here and in all the corresponding bars - the FE version as most probably the latest one.

(in GC in LH there is a notation error of the first octave - see previously annotation)

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 374

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Octaves in EE

Chords in GC, literal reading

GC in more precise notation 

FE

GE
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The EE version with empty C1-c and c1-c2 octaves may well be either original or just incorrect. In the main text we present the GC notation adjusted to include accents on the inner notes of the chord, which was impossible to add in print. Moreover, this is most probably the [A2] (>FE). In GE two accents are replaced by one.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

b. 375-398

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In GC bars 375-432 are notated in an abbreviated form. Instead of notes there are digits written out corresponding to numbered bars 33-90. In b. 375, as an example, G1-G and   g-g1. This notation must have been taken from [A1].

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated notation of A

b. 375

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

ten. in EE & GC (→GE)

No indication in FE
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Lack of the ten. marking in FE may result from misinterpretation of the beginning of an abbreviated notation in [A2] (it is most probable that Chopin used the same abbreviation as in [A1]). In a corresponding b. 33 the marking is found FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE