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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Issues : Errors of GC

b. 341-342

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In EE na GC there is no  augmenting a to a in b. 342, which is obvious inaccuracy given  in the LH part. In GC there is no appropriate  in b. 341. FE and GE are correct.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Errors of GC

b. 344-347

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur in EE

Slur in GC, literal reading

Slur in GC (interpretation) and GE

Slur in FE
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Inaccuracies in GC , Errors of GC

b. 345-347

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

EE and GC

FE1

GE1 (contextual interpretation) and FE2 & GE2
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A correct text of LH in these three bars is a result of revisions in FE2 and GE2. An error in b. 345 (repetition of g-f seventh) must have already been present in the autograph, proven by the consistency of EE and GC. In FE1 the correct text of bars 346-347 was printed, by mistake we suppose, in bars 345-346, which resulted in a repetition of g2-f3 seventh in bars 346-347. To keep octaves between dyads in these bars an actave sign was added in b. 347 (Chopin may have done hastily upon correction). In GE1 the seventh in b. 345 was elevated to the right pitch but on the upper note instead of two sharps there is only one printed.

 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Errors in GE , GE revisions , FE revisions , Errors of GC

b. 347

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In EE and GC there is no bass clef at the end of the bar. Given that both editions are the same, we may suspect Chopin to have made this mistake in [A1]. Since the chords of RH in b. 348 are notated on two staves, lack of the clef does not pose any problems for text interpretation (in EE b. 348 is printed as the new line of the text with the right clef at the beginning, which minimises the consequences of this omission). The clef was supplemented in GE. 

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Errors of GC

b. 348-354

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Since the bass clef was not reinstated in b. 347 in GC the treble clef is valid here (until the end of line in b. 354). This obvious error was corrected in GE.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: GE revisions , Errors of GC