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Issues : Abbreviated octaves' notation

b. 199

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In GC (→GE) and FE the lower note of the octave in the L.H. is marked in an abbreviated manner by means of the digit 8.

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated octaves' notation

b. 200-203

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No octaves in AsI

Octaves in A (→GE→FE,EE,FESB)
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As in bars 128-131, in A the L.H. octaves are written down in an abridged manner with the use of con 8va. In the editions the octaves were written out in full. The absence of this indication in AsI could be merely a simplification of notation.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: GE revisions , Bass register changes , Abbreviated octaves' notation

b. 236-238

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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The sources have the lower notes of the L.H. octaves in bars 236-238 marked with the digits 8. We change that notation to match contemporary standards. The same applies to bars 192-199, 239-240 and 486-493.

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated octaves' notation

b. 239-240

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

8 in bar 239 in EE & GC (→GE)

8 in bars 239-240 in FE

Version of FE, unabbreviated notation 
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In EE and GC (→GE) the lower note of the L.H. octave, D, is written – as 8 – only in bar 239. That notation, when read literally, means the absence of both the tie and the tied note in bar 240. In FE, sustaining of the entire octave is written, also by means of an abbreviation, is a doubtless manner.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC , Abbreviated octaves' notation

b. 240-246

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In AsI in these bars, there is no indication that the bass line should be doubled an octave lower. It is likely that it is not an earlier version but a simplified, incomplete record, hence we do not regard it as a full-fledged variant. In all the remaining sources, the bass line is led in octaves, generally written down with the use of con 8va starting:

  • from the 1st octave in bar 240 to the 1st octave in bar 246 in A,
  • from the 2nd octave in bar 240 to the end of bar 245 in the editions.

See also the adjacent note.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Bass register changes , Abbreviated octaves' notation