Issues : Long accents

b. 13

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No mark in EE & FE

Accent in GC (→GE)

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The accent is only present in GC (→GE). The fact that EE does not have it here seems strange, as this edition does have an accent in the analogous bar 5. That fact indicates that the omission may be due to the engraver's oversight.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 24-26

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Three short accents in EE

Two accents in GC (→GE)

Three long accents in FE

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As we not sure about Chopin's notation, for our main text we adopt the version that combines the most certain elements from various sources: three accents occur in EE and FE, and short accents in EE and GC (→GE). The omission of the accent in bar 25 in GC (→GE) is probably accidental.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 33

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Short accent in EE

Long accent in GC (→GE)

Mark in FE

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For our main text we adopt the long accent from GC (→GE). In the same place EE has an ordinary short accent. The accent mark in FE is probably a long one, but it is placed above the upper staff, after the indication ten.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 35

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Short accent in EE

Long accent in GC

No mark in FE and GE

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The accent visible in GC, if it reproduces the autograph notation faithfully, should be interpreted as a long one. EE has a short accent, which is probably an oversight, while FE and GE have none, which is probably a revision (cf. the note related to bar 377).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in FE , GE revisions

b. 41-42

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Long accent in EE

 in GC (→GE) & FE

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For our main text we take the  mark that occurs in two out of three sources based probably on the autograph(s) – GC and FE. However, it is not unlikely that it should be understood as a long accent, just like in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents