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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 533

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Sixth in EE & GC (→GE)

Octave in FE
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The c2-a2 sixth adopted for the main text based on EE and GC (→GE) harmonically conludes the passage and is a melodic connector between c2 sounds in bars 529 and 534. The authenticity of the a1-a2 octave in FE is not certain - the engraver's mistake seems probable here.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Terzverschreibung error

b. 540-565

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

in EE

#in GC (→GE)

in FE
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No continuation of the dashed line determining the scope of cresc. ​on the new page in FE (from b. 542) must be an error. The replacemnent of a typical abbreviation with a full word split into syllables is a characteristic revison of EE. In the main text we present the GC (→GE) version.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE

b. 541

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in EE & GC (→GE)

No sign in FE
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No  mark in FE or  mark in b. 539 must be an error as in b. 544 the  mark appears and performing all bars 538-544 sustained is unthinkable.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 551

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In FE the double sharp is mistakenly placed before h1.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors in FE

b. 555

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

a in EE, GC & FE

a in GE
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In EE, GC and FE the fourth quaver is notated as a. The presence of 'a' notes as the ones comprising the chords in the previous and following bars indicates erroneous omissions of sharps by Chopin. And so the spot was corrected in GE accordingly.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in EE , GE revisions , Errors of GC