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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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b. 243-249

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Hairpins in EE

GC (→GE)

FE

FE, possible interpretation
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Differences between the sources as far as the range of the hairpin mark is concerned, although pronounced, are most probably accidental. Somewhat delayed (bar 244) beginning of the  mark in GC (→GE) has no practical significance, while embracing bar 247 with the  is almost definitely Gutmann's mistake, as he made many such errors in his copies. Two  marks in FE are probably to be understood as one; in Chopin's times, the old convention was sometimes in use in which continuation of a dynamic change in a new line of text was marked with the same mark as a new dynamic change would be. In our main text we propose the marks of FE interpreted according to that convention. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of GC

b. 244-245

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No pedal change in EE, GC (→GE) & FE

Our alternative suggestion
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Our suggestion for adding pedal marks results from comparison with subsequent, similar passages. In similar fragments (bars 252-253, 260-261 and 268-269) pedal changes are noted in some sources (FE).

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 245

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

d2-b1 w EE & GC (→GE)

b1-g1 in FE ('harmonic' interpretation)
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The version of FE, with an added  heightening
 g1 to g1, could be possible from the harmonic point of view. Still, the pianistic complication that finds no justification in sound terms plus the consistent version of all the remaining sources and the analogous bar 253 strongly indicate that we a re dealing here with the "Terzverschreibung" error.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Terzverschreibung error

b. 250

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Pedalling in EE & GC (→GE)

No markings in FE
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Absence of the pedal mark in this bar in FE is definitely accidental – not only are such marks present in the other sources, but also FE itself has them in analogous bars 258 and 266.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 250

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No sign in EE

Arpeggio in GC (→GE) & FE
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Absence of the arpeggio mark in EE is probably an error, yet the possibility that it is the first (original) notation cannot be entirely ruled out. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE