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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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b. 312

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No marking in EE

 in GC (→GE) & FE
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No  marking in EE may be either an omission or echoes one of the earlier stages of the Scherzo notation.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors in EE

b. 320

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No indication in EE & FE

sostenuto in GC (→GE) 
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'Sostenuto' was added by Chopin in GC (→GE)

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections in GC

b. 320

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in EE, FE and GE1

No marking in GC & GE2
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Since there is  in both EE and FE, its lack in GC must be the copyist's omission. Therefore it is awkward to find  in GE1. It may well be an error or revision as the marking was later removed from GE2. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of GC

b. 327-335

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

in EE

in GC (→GE)

No indication in FE
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In the main text we present dim. - - - based on the notation in GC (→GE). In EE it is written out in syllables, which is a very characteristic manner of these editions. in FE the marking is not there at all, which was most probably caused by Chopin's hasty wrirting [A2]. See annotations in bars 335 and 336.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 336

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

sotto voce in EE & GC (→GE)

No indication in FE
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We believe there is little chance that Chopin consciously left out sotto voce at any stage of preparing FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources