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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Issues : Accidentals in different octaves

b. 14-15

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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The  lowering e1 to e flat 1 is missing from both bars in GC and FE1. This obvious inaccuracy was corrected in GE and  FE2. The flat occurring in EE in bar 15 may also be part of the reviser's corrections (bar 14 in EE has no relevant note).

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , FE revisions

b. 95

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No accidentals in EE, GC (→GE) & FE1

Naturals in FE2

Our suggestion
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We consider the version with the octave D sharp-d sharp to be the main one, as none of the sources that could be based on the autograph (GC, EE, FE1) has naturals. Still, omission of those accidentals is very probable in that context, so the version of FE2 (D-d) could actually be the one intended by Chopin. To make things clear, we notate the version D sharp-d sharp with cautionary accidentals. Cf. bar 433.

category imprint: Interpretations within context

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Omission of current key accidentals

b. 98

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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GC has no  raising f sharp1 to f double sharp1. That obvious inaccuracy was corrected in GE. In EE, there is no  raising a1 to a sharp1. 

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Errors in EE , Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of GC

b. 337

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In EE, GC and FE1 there is no  augmenting a2 to
a2. This obvious inaccuracy must have been already present in the autograph (such inaccurate notation is quite common in Chopin's autographs). The accidental was added in GE and FE2, which must have been done by the revisors. Compare b. 345.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 345

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In EE, GC and FE there is no  raising a2 to a2. The accidental was added in GE, which must have been done by the reviser. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC