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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Issues : Inaccuracies in GC

b. 505-509

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Disregarding the first chord, in EE there is no  lowering all d to d in different octaves. This was the exact copyist's notation of GC, however Chopin added five out of thirteen nevessary accidentals. The notation of FE and GE is completely correct.

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issues: Errors in EE , GE revisions , Omission of current key accidentals , Last key signature sign , Inaccuracies in GC , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 524-525

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

End of slur in EE & FE

GC

Slurs in GE
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The slur ending as soosn as b. 524 must result from the inaccuracy of GC, which, however, was not copied in GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 530-539

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Pedalling in EE & GC

Suggested supplement to GC

Another suggestion

FE

GE

Our suggestion

Alternative suggestion
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The above variants show both sources versions of pedalling of the bars (all of them incomplete or unclear) and their possible interpretations and supplementation. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 530-533

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No marks in EE and FE

Three dots in GC

Two dots in GE

Our suggestion
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The LH crotchets are marked with staccato dots only in GC, at the same time b. 531 was overlooked, which in this context must be seen as omission. In GE there is no mark in b. 530.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 537

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In GC the slur ends over the rest on the second beat of the bar.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccuracies in GC