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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 623-624

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Beginning of  in EE

GC (→GE) & FE
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The GC (→GE) and FE conistency suggests that the EE notation may be inaccurate.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 627-629

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

End of  in EE

GC (→GE)

FE
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For the main text we adopt the scope of  hairpins based on GC (→GE). In EE they are a little shorter, which may be treated as a parallel, slightly different version. A clearly earlier ending of the mark in FE seems less accurate, and moreover, according to an out-of-date convention the continuation of crescendo in b. 627, starting a new line, was marked with new  hairpins.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Hairpins denoting continuation

b. 633

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No mark in EE

Staccato dot in GC (→GE) & FE
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No staccato dot in EE most certainly cannot be the final version.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 634-636

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Long accents in EE & FE

Short accents in GC (→GE)
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In the main text the chord are covered with long accents based on EE and FE. The GC notation is not completely unclear, however it seems more probable to read the marks as short accents. Such is the interpretation of GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 637-642

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Three long accents in EE

Six accents in GC

Long accents in FE

Short accents in GE

Our suggestion
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Just like in the previous three bars, in the main text we present long accents as the same can be found in EE and FE, while the GC notation is ambiguous (GE has short accents). Moreover, bars 634-642 have the same shape in every source. In GC the marks are notated above the LH octaves. It seems little probable this is not consistent with the autograph. However, in GE the accents are notated below the octaves, which makes us cautious when it comes to evaluate the remaining sources, where the accents are placed between the staves. No accents in bars 639, 641-642 in EE might have resulted from negligence.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents