Issues : Inaccuracies in GC

b. 166-167

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur in EE and FE

GC (→GE)

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In GC (→GE) the slur ends just above the last chord of bar 166, which definitely fails to match Chopin's intentions.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 172-175

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur in EE, FE & GE

Slur in GC

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The slur in GC – as is the case in bars 166 and 182 – does not go beyond the bar line. However, the end of the slur here is clearly closer to the chord in bar 175 than that in bar 174, which was the reason why in GE it was interpreted as reaching the 1st beat of bar 175, in line with the remaining sources.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 180-183

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur in EE and FE

 
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In GC (→GE) the slur ends above the last chord of bar 182. This is most probably an innacuracy, as in bars 166 and 174.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 211

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in EE and FE

GC (→GE)

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In GC, the  mark is placed so inaccurately that seems to apply beginning from the quavers. This is how the notation was interpreted in GE. We give the definitely correct version of EE and FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 216-219

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur in EE

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As the main text we give the definitely correct slur of EE. The slur of GC is not accurate and, when read literally, it only embraces three bars, which is what we can see in GE.  Moreover, GE - just like FE - has the slur moved to the bottom and placed under the note heads. That revision, typically introduced by engravers, is not without influence on the meaning of that articulation mark. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Placement of markings , Inaccuracies in GC