Issues : Inaccuracies in GC

b. 466-477

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slurs in EE

FE & GE

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In the main text we present both consistent and natural slurring of FE (and GE). In EE the slurs over chorale phrases in these bars are shorter, analogous to previous examples (in b. 226). In GC the slur in bars 474-476 (b. 476 is the last one on the page) is ambiguous as its ending suggest conitnuation but it doesnt extend over in b. 477, moreover its beginning is notated as boldly as its ending, hence its cautious interpretation. We then assume - contrary to GE - that the slur extends over 3 bars only.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 476-477

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No tie in EE & GE

B tied in GC & FE

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No tied in EE seems to have been overlooked. The GC notation is imprecise - at the end of b. 476 (the last one one the page) there is no tie, but it appears in b. 477. However, in GE the tie was not included.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Errors in GE , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 483

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In GC the second quaver of RH is notated to high and thus can be mistakenly read as a1.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 496-521

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slurs in EE

FE and GE

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In the main text we present consistent and logical slurring of FE (only at the beginning of b. 497 the slur's ending/extention from previous bars is missing). They are present in GE, despite different notation of GC, where the slurs in line-ending bars 496, 504 and 512 may actually suggest continuation (except b. 520) but for the lack of their completion at the beginning of bars 497, 505 and 513. EE has varied slurring: twice a three-bar slurs and twice two times longer. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 497-525

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slurs in EE and FE

Slurs in both hands in GE

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In this part also - the last one of its kind in the passage of Scherzo - the beginning of slurs in GC raises doubts when it comes to intrerpreting Chopin's intentions. Already in GE, based on GC, the GC were never rewritten here in accordance with the noatation (while slurs for LH were added). In EE and FE the slurs always begin on quaver figurations (except for the obviously wrongly missing slur in EE in b. 521). In GC the endings of the discussed slurs are notated inaccurately: in bars 501, 509 and 517 the slurs end over the pause on the second beat of the bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC