Issues : Constraint from piano range

b. 241

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

B1 in EE, GC (→GE) & FE

B2-B1 proposed by the editors

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Lacking in the sources is the bottom note of the L.H. octave, B2. As the scale of Chopin's piano only reached down to C1, the addition seems more than justified. Cf. bar 491.

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: Constraint from piano range

b. 315

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

EE, GC (→GE) & FE

Our suggestion

Alternative slurring

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Shortening of passages compared with the 19 corresponding places was caused most probably by a limited scale of the grand piano, as when Scherzo was composed most models had a scale range up to f4. Therefore, in the main text we suggest completing the figuration in compliance with the corresponding places, thus the slur needs to be appropriately modified in RH.

In EE the treble clef was omitted after the last rest.

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: Constraint from piano range