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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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b. 348-354

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Since the bass clef was not reinstated in b. 347 in GC the treble clef is valid here (until the end of line in b. 354). This obvious error was corrected in GE.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: GE revisions , Errors of GC

b. 350

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

e1 in EE and FE

d1 in GC (→GE)
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In GC the middle note of the last chord is notated inaccurately - even though it looks more like d1 (and it was read accordingly in GE), but it cannot be ruled out that the copyist meant to notate e1 based on the following:  

  • e1 in both EE and FE;
  • notating this note higher than clear d1 in the previous chord;  
  • Gutmann's tendency to write notes too low on the line - such inaccuracy appears in his copy three times more often than an opposite situation when a note below the line (or between the lines) is written too high. On the same page of GC we see examples of notes written too low (g) in bars 342 and 345.

Therefore, in the main text we present e1.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

b. 357

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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A natural before a1 may well have been added by the EE revisor.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: EE revisions

b. 371-387

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In bars 371 and 387 we add cautionary sharps before  f-f and f1-f2 octaves - annotations already in EE and GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 372-373

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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 In GC G-g and A-a are erroneously the last octave in b. 372 and the first in b. 373. The obvious error of the copyist was corrected in GE. We find the correct version in the remianing sources too.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: GE revisions , Errors of GC