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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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b. 351-352

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Beginning of the slur in EE & FE

GC (→GE)
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It is not clear which beginning of the slur is definite or authentic (it is easy to find slurring inaccuracies when reading Chopin). Both solutions can be justified in musical terms by phrase structure and harmonic flow: 

  • slur beginning with b. 351 indicates prediction of Scherzo's main theme in LH and emphasises progression to a C minor dominant chord that started in b. 335;
  • slur beginning in b. 352 is a natural continuation of the rhythm of phrasing.

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b. 352-366

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In EE a cresc. marking written out by a whole word and split into syllables. This is an example of a characteristic manner of this edition.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions

b. 357

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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A natural before a1 may well have been added by the EE revisor.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions

b. 358-360

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur ending in FE & EE

GC (→GE)
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Slur ending in GC (→GE) seems musically more accurate:

  • harmonic flow sets G major chords as the target  (both in b. 351 and in b. 359);
  • accentuated octaves in bars 360, 362, 364 add a new quality by not connecting with the previous phrase.

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b. 359-366

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

accel. in EE and FE

accel. - - - in GC

acceler. in GE
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In the main text we present - thanks to the range of a dashed line - a more accurate application of the marking from GC. In GE the dashed line was omitted and the abbreviated marking accel. was written out as acceler.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions