Issues : Authentic corrections of FE

b. 24-25

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur in EE and FE

Slurs in GC (→GE)

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In the main text we give a single slur embracing bars 21-25, after EE and FE. In that latter edition, there are traces of slur correction made in print - initially the slur ended in bar 24 on the B2-Bminim. GC (→GE) also have the shorter slur, yet it is supplemented with an additional slur linking the two last octaves of the motif. That version, definitely authentic, may be considered an alternative solution.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 129-139

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur in EE

Literal reading of GC (→GE1)

Markings in GC, contextual interpretation

Slur in FE

Markings in GE2

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For our main text we adopt the version of GC. That version was also reproduced in GE, albeit inaccurately (the slur in bar 135) and it was additionally revised in GE2 (dots in the L.H. in bars 129-130). The notation of EE may also be considered a less accurate rendition of that version. The long slur of FE was added in print, probably at Chopin's request, and replaced a shorter one beginning from bar 134, which was definitely erroneous. That version should be therefore considered an alternative authentic approach to phrasing and articulation markings for that fragment. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 330

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Rhythm in EE and an interpretation of GC's script

Rhythm in FE & GE

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The initial rhythm in RH () is confirmed in EE and also in GC (despite an obvious error - ). Traces of printing edits in FE allow us to see that the rhythm intitially was notated in this edition too but it was changed by Chopin to . We see this variant also in GE, revised most probably based on the rhythm in the earlier phrase, in bars 322 and 326

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Errors of GC

b. 576-580

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No signs in EE & GC (→GE)

Pedalling in FE

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Pedalling signs only present in FE may have been added by Chopin upon proofreading, which is furrther indicated by the lack of such signs in b. 608 and 612, which in the manuscript serving as the basis for FE, were most probably marked as repetitions of bars 576 and 580, and so should include the same performance markings.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE