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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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b. 200-203

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur in EE

No slur in GC (→GE)

Slur in FE
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EE is the only source in which the slur for this phrase is in line with its musical sense and with slurring in numerous similar phrases. In FE the slur only reaches the chord in bar 202 and runs under the chords, which is a routine change of the graphic layout employed by engravers. In GC (→GE) the slur was omitted.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Placement of markings , FE revisions , Errors of GC

b. 201-207

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

cresc. in GC (→GE)

cresc. in EE

 

cresc. - - - in FE
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In EE and FE the indication cresc. was placed under the hairpin mark . This is probably the revision introduced by editors, who could fear that the authentic notation (i.e. cresc. within the hairpin) preserved in GC and GE would prove illegible in print. Moreover, in FE the scope of the cresc. is delimited with dashes stretching until the end of bar 207, which seems to be a misunderstanding (cf. bar 211). As our main text we reproduce the authentic notation of GC (→GE), so characteristic of Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , FE revisions

b. 202-203

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

a1 not tied in EE

a1 tied in GC (→GE) & FE
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Lacking in EE is the tie sustaining a flat1, which is probably the engraver's oversight.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

b. 203-207

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Pedal marks in EE & GC (→GE)

No marks in FE
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FE has no pedal mark written for those bars. This is definitely an accidental omission, yet we do not know whether it was made by the engraver or by Chopin himself.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 203-230

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slurs in EE & FE

Slurs in GC, possible contextual interpretation

Slurs in GE
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The interpretation of slur beginnings in GC is as difficult here as it was in the case of bar 159 and analogous bars – the slurs begin on the first crotchet. Only in bar 219, the last one in the system, the slur is missing altogether which is doubtless due to oversight, as the slur in 220 suggests continuation. In GE, three out of four slurs begin on the quavers (and also slurs were added for the L.H.). In our main text we give the slurring of EE and FE, as it is both convincing and error-free.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of GC