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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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b. 606-610

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No slurs in EE

Slurs in GC (→GE) & FE
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The #E - without slurs - most probably copies the initial stage of the noatation of motifs of LH in bars 606 and 609-610. In the main text we present the consistent notation of slurs in GC (→GE) and FE. Cf. bars 573-574 and 577-578.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 606-620

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

up to bar 615 in EE (simplest interpretation)

up to bar 620, contextual interpretation of EE

up to bar 612 in GC (→GE)

No marking in FE
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For the main text we adopt cresc. - - - based on GC (→GE). In EE it is divided into syllables (it is the common manner of EE) and extends further only to abruptly end without the last syllable "do" - in b. 615, which is the last on the page. The placement of the first two syllables in bars 606 i 613 suggests that the whole indication should extend as far as b. 620. In FE there is no marking at all, which is most probably Chopin's omission while writing hastily [A2] (cf. annotation to b. 373) 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE

b. 607-611

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Short accents in EE

Long accents in FE, probable reading of GC

Possible short accents in GC (→GE)
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In bars 607 and 611 in EE, there are (short) accents both in the LH and RH parts. It is uncertain that such a version is authentic (cf. 606-620). The accents in GC (marked in bars 575 and 579) may be interpreted both as long or short. In GE they were read as short ones. For the main text we adopt the long accents of FE. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , EE revisions

b. 608-612

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Pedalling in EE

No markings in GC (→GE) & FE

Our suggestion
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The EE pedalling, which is not confirmed in the remaining sources, nor in the corresponding bars, may raise some doubts regarding its authenticity. We propose to add pedal marks in bars 608 and 612 analogous to bars 576 and 580, which we can find in FE. The fact that in GC bars  605-616 are marked as the repetition of bars 573-584 suggests that Chopin did not intend any differences in these parts.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

b. 608

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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We omit the unjustified  before d at the beginning of the bar.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign