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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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b. 250

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Pedalling in EE & GC (→GE)

No markings in FE
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Absence of the pedal mark in this bar in FE is definitely accidental – not only are such marks present in the other sources, but also FE itself has them in analogous bars 258 and 266.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 252-257

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Pedalling in EE

GC (→GE)
 

Our variant suggestion
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The only difference between the pedalling of EE and FE is the presence or absence of the pedal change at the beginning of bar 253. We include both those options in our main text as variants. The pedalling of GC (→GE) may also be authentic (cf. pedal marks in EE in bars 259-265), but the copyist's error is just as plausible, as he may have written here the pedalling for the next line of text (from bars 259-265, in which GC has no pedal marks at all).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC

b. 258

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In FE,  is missing after  in this bar. We give the asterisk mark, as it is present in all the other sources.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 259-265

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Pedalling in EE

No markings in GC (→GE)

Pedalling in FE

Our variant suggestion
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The absence of pedal marks in GC (→GE) is most probably the copyist's error (see also note to bar 266). The pedalling of EE is probably authentic (cf. a similar solution in bars 268-271, confirmed both by EE and by GC). In FE, the placement of the  in bar 259 seems doubtful and we consider it to be an inaccuracy almost certainly resulting from faulty understanding of the hand-written base text , as well as the lack of space around the note D1 (cf. bar 267). In our main text we suggest two, most probably authentic, versions of pedalling (EE and FE modified in bar 259 ) as variants.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Errors of GC

b. 266

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Pedalling in EE and FE

No markings in GC (→GE)
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GC (→GE) has no pedal marks in this bar. This is almost certainly the mistake of the copyist (see also notes to bars 260-265 and 265-266).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC