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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Issues : Errors in EE

b. 439

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In EE the first chord is erroneously notated as a dotted minim.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors in EE

b. 442

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In EE minims are not notted.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors in EE

b. 460

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No c1 in EE & GC (→GE)

c1 in FE
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The more complete chords of FE correspond with b. 210. For the main text we adopt EE and GC (→GE), where Chopin skilfully reduces the performance volume of the chords in their middle register.                                                                            

In EE, f in the quaver chord was mistakenly written out in the RH part.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

b. 466-469

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No mark in EE

 in GC (→GE)

FE
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In the main text we present slightly longer hairpins of FE (cf. the mark in bars 450-453). No  in EE must result from omission.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

b. 476-477

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No tie in EE & GE

B tied in GC & FE
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No tied H in EE seems to have been overlooked. The GC notation is imprecise - at the end of b. 476 (the last one one the page) there is no tie, but it appears in b. 477. However, in GE the tie was not included.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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