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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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b. 148

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in EE & GC (→GE)

No marking in FE
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The version of FE – without  – must be considered inaccurate, although it is not possible to determine whether this was the initial version or whether the omission occurred at one of the stages of preparing FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 152-154

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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The manner in which the indication rallentando is written is slightly different in different sources. EE has the abbreviation rallent. broken into syllables, which is an arbitrary manner typical for that edition. In FE, the abbreviation rall. was used, and in GE the dashes delimiting its scope were omitted. 

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions

b. 155-157

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In GC (→GE) the indication sostenuto is written slightly earlier – it begins from the end of bar 155. FE has the abbreviated form sosten. As our main text we take the notation of EE, consistent with the placement of that indication in FE .

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

b. 159-183

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 and leggierissimo in EE

leggierissimo and  in GC

 and leggierissimo in GE

 and  in FE

Our suggestion
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Dynamic markings at the beginning of quaver figurations in bars 159, 167, 175 and 183 are written in the sources in several different manners, yet those differences are without greater practical significance. For our main text we basically adopt the indications found in GC (→GE) and EE; we also move to the space between the staves those  dynamic marks that were placed under the L.H. part,  as in further repetitions of similar phrases Chopin usually placed them between the parts of both hands. The markings of FE are less accurate, or partly even erroneous. 

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b. 201-207

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

cresc. in GC (→GE)

cresc. in EE

 

cresc. - - - in FE
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In EE and FE the indication cresc. was placed under the hairpin mark . This is probably the revision introduced by editors, who could fear that the authentic notation (i.e. cresc. within the hairpin) preserved in GC and GE would prove illegible in print. Moreover, in FE the scope of the cresc. is delimited with dashes stretching until the end of bar 207, which seems to be a misunderstanding (cf. bar 211). As our main text we reproduce the authentic notation of GC (→GE), so characteristic of Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , FE revisions