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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Issues : Inaccuracies in GE

b. 567

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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A comma-like mark in GC, which here should be read as a wedge, was not - maybe by chance - included in GE. Neither EE nor FE have any mark in this place. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Wedges

b. 567

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in EE, GC & FE

GE
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The  mark was inaccurately placed in GE - a crotchet too early.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 600-603

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur in EE, simplest interpretation

Slurs in GC

Slurs in FE, simplest interpretation

Possible interpretation of FE

GE
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Those obvious inaccuracies in the three editons obscure deciphering Chopin's intentions regarding slurring of the part. In the main text we present the slurs notated without clear faults in  GC. They represent possible articulationn of the chords progression. While interpreting the slur in # EE we assume that the error applies to b. 600 (half of the line spanning bars 598-600 has no slurs in EE). We retain the slurs in GE as despite the inaccurate copy of the basis (GC) they are formally correct. The FE slurs may be interpreted in a variety of ways, among others as distorted GC slurs or as the aforementioned.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

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