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b. 1-12

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in GC (→GE) and FE

 in EE
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The sources differ here with regard to the placement and scope of hairpins  in bars 1-2, 3-4, 9-10 and 11-12. The differences in the scope only relate to the starting points; in bar 1 of GC and bars 1, 3 and 9 of FE the hairpins begin on the 2nd note. We consider it to be an inaccuracy of notation. In FE and GE the hairpins are placed horizontally between the staves. GC has a similar arrangement, although the signs in bars 9-12 are written onto the lower staff, which cannot be reproduced in print  For our main text we adopt the graphic layout of EE, wich may correspond to the notation of the autograph.

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b. 1-12

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slurs above the motifs in GC, EE & FE

Additional slurs in GE
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Slurs below the staff in bars 1-4 and 9-12 were added in GE, doubtless by a reviser; the same goes for bars 12-14 and many other places. Such doubling of performance indications is very rarely found in authentic sources.

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issues: GE revisions

b. 1

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Title in EE

GC (→GE) and FE

Our suggestion
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We propose leaving the title without the ordinal number. As can be seen in GC, that number was added later. It is highly likely that numbers sometimes appearing in titles were added, even by Chopin himself, for marketing purposes.

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b. 1

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No dedication in EE

Dedication in GC (→GE)

Dedication in FE
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Both versions of the dedication are probably authentic; the version of FE may be a later one. The question why the dedication was missing from EE is difficult to answer,

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issues: Dedications

b. 1

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

in GE & EE2

in FE2

in FE1 (→EE1)
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Not being sure of the spelling of the last name of the princess, Chopin asked Fontana (in the letter dated 6 Oct. 1841)  to find it out from the princess herself or from her governess: "I don't know how Mme Czerniszew spells her name [...]: is it Tscher, or Tcher? [...], whether it is Elisabeth, and whether Tschernischef, or ff [...]". As GE and FE2 differ in that respect, it seems natural to assume that the later-published FE2 presents the spelling checked by Chopin. The dedication in EE2 was repeated after GE.

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issues: Dedications