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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Issues : EE inaccuracies

b. 553

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In EE the chords are tied only in b. 554 which marks a new line of text.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: EE inaccuracies

b. 555

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in EE

GC (→GE) and FE
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In EE placement of  must have resulted from inaccurate interpretation of the basis/manuscript.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies

b. 556

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in EE

GC and GE2

FE

No markings in GE1
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In the main text we present the GC and GE2 pedalling, the only sources where these marks are notated without mistakes or inaccuracies. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 593

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No mark in EE

Short accent in GC (→GE) & FE
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Accent in EE must have been omitted.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies

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