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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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b. 171-172

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in EE & GC (→GE)

 in FE

Variant suggestion of the editors
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Both asterisk marks  appearing in the sources are definitely authentic. Chopin wrote the version of FE (asterisk in bar 171) probably later than the version of EE and GC (asterisk in bar 172), yet there are no premises to consider it as definitive. That is why in the main text we give both pedalling alternatives as variants.

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b. 172-174

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No sign in EE and FE

 in GC (→GE)
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The hairpin   is only present in GC (→GE). Its lack in EE and FE probably results from inaccurate notation (in EE it may simply be an oversight – cf. other probable errors in this fragment). Analogous bars 216-218 have hairpins in all the sources.

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b. 172-175

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur in EE, FE & GE

Slur in GC
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The slur in GC – as is the case in bars 166 and 182 – does not go beyond the bar line. However, the end of the slur here is clearly closer to the chord in bar 175 than that in bar 174, which was the reason why in GE it was interpreted as reaching the 1st beat of bar 175, in line with the remaining sources.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 173-174

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

EE

GC (→GE) & FE
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The version of EE is probably erroneous, both as regards the chord in bar 173 and the division into two hands in bar 174.

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issues: Errors in EE

b. 175

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

g2 in EE, GC (→GE) & FE2

b2 in FE1
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FE1 erroneously has b flat2 as the last note, which was corrected in FE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE