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Issues : Cautionary accidentals

b. 603

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In LH we can find sharps before G in all the sources but the one before g in RH was omitted in GE1.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Cautionary accidentals

b. 608

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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We omit the unjustified  before d at the beginning of the bar.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Last key signature sign

b. 633

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

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The notation of accidentals in FE, although faultless, is illogical – a cautionary  before e1 appears only just before the 4th quaver, while the  before c​​​​​​​2 is unnecessarily repeated in the 2nd group of semiquavers. The remaining editions took an attempt at ordering the notation:

  • in GE1 (→GE2), the before e1 was removed, whereas a natural was added before the G crotchet;
  • GE3 added naturals also before e2 and e1 in the 1st group and removed the superfluous ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ – this is the notation we apply in the main text;
  • in EE1, the  before e1 was moved to the 1st figure in the bar, and the superfluous  was removed;
  • in EE2, a  was added before G at the beginning of the bar;
  • in EE3, a  was added before e2 in the 1st group of semiquavers, which resulted in the same version as in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 643

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In GC cautionary sharps before the second crotchet of the bar written out only in RH. The other sources have them for both hands.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Cautionary accidentals , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 644

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In EE and FE we leave out redundant sharps before e and e1 in the last chord of the bar. The sharps are present in GC (→GE1) but the lower  is erroneously notated on g. In GE2 the accidntal was removed.

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals , Errors of GC