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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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GC
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GC - Gutmann's copy
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
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  b. 241

B1 in EE, GC (→GE) & FE

B2-B1 proposed by the editors

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.

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category imprint: Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: Constraint from piano range

notation: Pitch

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