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b. 6

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Staccato dot in EE and GE

Wedge in GC

No mark in FE
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The staccato sign in EE and GC (→GE) is doubtless authentic. In our main text we give the wedge recorded in GC, as publishers often replaced Chopin's wedges with dots, considering the former to be inaccurate or hasty renditions of the latter (this was a rule for GE, cf. e.g. a characteristic of the B&H edition in the Nocturne in D major Op. 27 no. 2).

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issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Wedges

b. 6

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

in EE, FE and GE2

No marking in GC (→GE1)
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Lack of  in GC (→GE1) can be hardly considered accidental, as the same situation occurs in bars 14 and 18. This is probably an earlier version of dynamic markings of the introduction. The missing  was added In GE2, probably after comparison with FE.

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b. 6-8

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in EE & GC (→GE)

No sign in FE
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The absence of the hairpin mark in FE may be due to oversight. We insert that mark, as it occurs both in EE and in GC (→GE). Cf. the preceding note.

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b. 6-20

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur in 3 places in EE

Slur in 2 places in GC (→GE)

No slurs in FE
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The slur above the R.H. appears three times in EE (bars 6-8, 14-16 and 18-20) and twice (bars 6-8 and 14-16) in GC (→GE). FE has no slur in any of those places.

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b. 6-7

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

Two  signs in FE (→EE)

Possible interpretation of FE1

GE

Our variant suggestion
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In the main text we suggest a variant solution that takes into account both the version of GE and that of FE (→EE). The two   marks that can be seen in FE1 (→FE2, EE) could correspond to one longer mark in the autograph, as in Chopin's times publishers used to replace a single hairpin mark   with two marks when it had to be divided because of a new line of text. For that reason we also propose an alternative version with such an interpretation of the marks. Due to differences in sources and clear analogies in the structure of motifs, the same problem also appears in ten other similar places in the Prelude (on this page in bars 10-11 and 20-21).

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issues: Hairpins denoting continuation