mUltimate Chopin

Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
Select: 
Category
All
Graphic ambiguousness
Interpretations within context
Differences between sources
Editorial revisions
Corrections & alterations
Source & stylistic information
Pedalling
All
Pitch
Rhythm
Slurs
Articulation, Accents, Hairpins
Verbal indications
Pedalling
Fingering
Ornaments
Shorthand & other
Importance
All
Important
Main
Undo Clear

Pedalling

b. 526

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in EE & GC (→GE)

No sign in FE

Our variant suggestion
..

The  mark must be authentic, it is not certain however, if it was not Chopin's intention to move it 4 bars further. Therefore, we propose our variant solution, bracketing the mark.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , No pedal release mark

b. 530-539

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Pedalling in EE & GC

Suggested supplement to GC

Another suggestion

FE

GE

Our suggestion

Alternative suggestion
..

The above variants show both sources versions of pedalling of the bars (all of them incomplete or unclear) and their possible interpretations and supplementation. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 541

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in EE & GC (→GE)

No sign in FE
..

No  mark in FE or  mark in b. 539 must be an error as in b. 544 the  mark appears and performing all bars 538-544 sustained is unthinkable.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 548-553

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Inaccurate pedalling in EE

No markings in GC (→GE)

Three pedal changes in FE
..

Pedalling marks in EE -  in bars 548 and 552 as well as  in b. 553 - must be incomplete. It is possible that they were incorrect or unclear already in [A1], which may have triggered their complete omission in GC (→GE). The pedalling marks may have been omitted by the copyist as well (cf. annotation to bars 259-265) as in GC the whole line of bars 547-554 lacks them.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC

b. 555

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in EE

GC (→GE) and FE
..

In EE placement of  must have resulted from inaccurate interpretation of the basis/manuscript.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE inaccuracies