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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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b. 123-124

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In EE and GE the tie sustaining c sharp was omitted, which is an obvious oversight. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Errors in GE

b. 129-139

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur in EE

Literal reading of GC (→GE1)

Markings in GC, contextual interpretation

Slur in FE

Markings in GE2
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For our main text we adopt the version of GC. That version was also reproduced in GE, albeit inaccurately (the slur in bar 135) and it was additionally revised in GE2 (dots in the L.H. in bars 129-130). The notation of EE may also be considered a less accurate rendition of that version. The long slur of FE was added in print, probably at Chopin's request, and replaced a shorter one beginning from bar 134, which was definitely erroneous. That version should be therefore considered an alternative authentic approach to phrasing and articulation markings for that fragment. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 129

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Staccato dots in EE, GC & GE2

No marks in FE

Dot in GE1
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We consider the question of articulation and phrasing to be independent of the choice of the rhythmic variant. That's why we include the staccato dots in our main text despite the fact that they are absent from FE, i.e.  the source whose rhythm we adopt as the basic one. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 129-130

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Staccato dots above the five octaves in the R.H. are found only in GC (→GE; #Wn2 also has dots below the L.H  octaves). EE does not have any markings in that fragment. FE has a slur running from the 2nd octave of bar 129 up to the beginning of bar 143. For that reason, variants of performance markings are included in the note to bars 129-139.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 129

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Rhythm in EE & GC (→GE1)

Rhythm in FE & GE2
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Both versions of the rhythm in this bar are probably authentic. Identical differences in rhythm between those sources also occur in analogous bars 47 and 389. As the main text we give the version  of FE, perhaps the latest. The same version was also introduced in GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Inserted rest