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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Issues : Errors in GE

b. 182

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In GE1, the minim A flat1 has no stem.  The error was corrected in GE2.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors in GE

b. 251-267

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No signs in EE

Staccato in GC

Staccato in FE, no sign in bar 251

Staccato in GE, only in bar 251
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The sources differ with regard to the presence or absence of staccato dots in bars 251, 259 and 267. In our main text we apply the consistent markings of GC. The version of GE is definitely - and that of FE probably - inaccurate. The absence of the dots in  EE may be the initial version.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 304

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in EE, GC, FE & GE2

No marking in GE1
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The absence of  in GE1 is definitely an oversight, and it got corrected in GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE

b. 345-347

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

EE and GC

FE1

GE1 (contextual interpretation) and FE2 & GE2
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A correct text of LH in these three bars is a result of revisions in FE2 and GE2. An error in b. 345 (repetition of g-f seventh) must have already been present in the autograph, proven by the consistency of EE and GC. In FE1 the correct text of bars 346-347 was printed, by mistake we suppose, in bars 345-346, which resulted in a repetition of g2-f3 seventh in bars 346-347. To keep octaves between dyads in these bars an actave sign was added in b. 347 (Chopin may have done hastily upon correction). In GE1 the seventh in b. 345 was elevated to the right pitch but on the upper note instead of two sharps there is only one printed.

 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , FE revisions , Errors of 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 H 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