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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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b. 284-285

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Missing from EE and FE is the bass clef restoring the bass register within the system after the treble clef on the lower stave (the last bar to which the treble clef applies is bar 283). However, the structure of the figuration in bar 286 and its graphic layout make the misreading of the text in this and the following bars practically impossible. In GC, bar 284 opens a new page and the bass clef is written there at the beginning of the line. In GE, the bass clef was added at the end of the line, in bar 284.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 287

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Short accent in EE, and possibly in GC

Long accent in FE & GE, and also probably in GC
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The accent form intended by Chopin is hard to determine: it is rather short in EE and rather long in FE and GE. The accent in GC can be interpreted both ways. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 288-291

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur in EE and FE

No slur GC (→GE)
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Absence of the slur in GC (→GE) is probably the result of the copyist's accidental omission.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC

b. 288-289

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

d tied in GE

No tie in EE, GC & FE
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The tie sustaining d in GE is probably an arbitrary addition, made by analogy with bars 156-157.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 291-303

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Beginnings of slurs in EE and FE

GC

Slurs in GE
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As far as beginnings of slurs in bars 291 and 299 are concerned, we decide to give priority to the consistent notation of EE and FE, without trying to reach final conclusions about Chopin's intentions in that respect. In GC, and partly in GE, the slurs in those bars run from the 1st crotchet . GE also has arbitrarily added slurs in the L.H. part. 

category imprint: Differences between sources