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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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b. 374

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Octaves in EE

Chords in GC, literal reading

GC in more precise notation 

FE

GE
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The EE version with empty C1-c and c1-c2 octaves may well be either original or just incorrect. In the main text we present the GC notation adjusted to include accents on the inner notes of the chord, which was impossible to add in print. Moreover, this is most probably the [A2] (>FE). In GE two accents are replaced by one.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

b. 390

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In FE on the last crotchet in this bar there are seventh H1-A and seventh h-a1. This is an obvious error as the note heads of bottom notes are notated at the right pitch, only there are no ledger lines marked for them.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Errors in FE

b. 401

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In GC (→GE1) erroneously there is h as the bottom note of the chord in RH, corrected to g in GE2.

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: GE revisions

b. 406

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Error in GC in b. 64 - in this manuscript b. 406 is marked in an abbreviated form as repeat of the bar - resulted in GE errors:

  • new slur in RH begins as late as b. 407, which is discussed in a separate annotation;
  • in GE1 on the 3. best of the bar erroneously there is a rest.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 407-415

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In EE there are cautionary neutrals before a-a1 octave in bars 407-415. This may well be an editorial revision, similar to bars 65-73.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Cautionary accidentals