Issues : GE revisions

b. 18

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Staccato dot in EE

Wedge in # GC and FE

Staccato dots in GE

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In the main text we reproduce the wedge that appears in GC and FE, which is almost certainly in compliance with Chopin's notation. In EE and GE, the staccato sign has the form of a dot (and GE has another dot added under the L.H. part). Cf. the note concerning bar 6.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Wedges

b. 29-45

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Cautionary sharps before the octaves on the 2nd beat of bars 29 and 45 were certainly (GE) or most probably (EE) added by revisers. We include them in our main text, as we definitely find them justified. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 31

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No marks in EE and FE

Wedge in GC

Dots in GE

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Staccato signs in that bar and analogous ones occur very irregularly in the sources. For that reason we do not derive from them any general rule to be applied to similar places in the text. In this bar EE and FE have no sings. The wedge that can be seen in GC was reproduced in GE as a dot; another dot was added for the L.H. Cf. bar 113.

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issues: Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions , Wedges

b. 31

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Rhythm in EE, GC (→GE1) & FE

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The version of GE2 is completely arbitrary: the rhythmic variant from that bar does not occur in any of the other sources. There are no reasons to suspect a mistake, either. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 34-35

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No tie in EE, GC & FE

Tie in GE

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In GE the minim g sharp in bar 35 is sustained with a tie from the previous bar. This is probably a revision resulting from misunderstanding of Chopin's notation, which is confirmed by the omission of an accent above that note. A similar situation occurs when the fragment is repeated in bars 376-377.

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issues: GE revisions