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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Issues : Inaccuracies in GE

b. 138-143

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slurs in GC, contextual interpretation

Less probable reading of GC (→GE)

Slur in EE and FE
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Bar 139 is not embraced with any slur in GC: the slur from the preceding bars reaches only to the end of bar 138 (the last bar on the manuscript page) and a new slur begins as far as bar 140. We think that, since the slur in bar 138 indicates continuation, one should assume that it was supposed to reach the minim in bar 139. GE has got a different reading of those slurs; one of them ends in bar 138 and another one begins in bar 139. In EE and FE the slur is not divided, which is probably another authentic version of the slurring, alternative to the version of GC.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 226

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in EE and GC

FE

GE
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For our main text we take the  mark placed mid-bar, according to EE and GC, being the two out of three sources that could have been based on the autograph. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 231-235

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slurs in EE and GC

Slur in FE

Our alternative suggestion

Slurs in GE
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Both versions of the slurring found in the sources give rise to certain doubts. The slurs of EE and GC are inconsistent with the slurring in analogous bars 187 and – despite the differences – 481. Also the continuous slur of FE, more justified from the musical point of view, may be a simplified (inaccurate) rendition of the manuscript, as is testified by the slur in GE, which is after all based on GC. As our main text we adopt the slur of FE, but taking into account all the possible notation inaccuracies and misunderstandings, we also propose slurring consistent with the version of bar 187.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 243-244

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No indication in EE

leggiero in GC

leggiero in FE

leggiero in GE
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In FE, the indication leggiero has the abbreviated form (leggier.) and precedes the beginning of the quaver passage. In EE it is missing altogether, which may reflect the notation of the hand-written base text or may simply be an oversight. For our main text we take the notation of GC (inaccurately reproduced in GE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 303

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in EE

GC

FE

GE
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The asterisk  is placed differently in different sources. We take the version of EE  as it is consistent with the notation of most analogous places and blends naturally with the notation of the rhythm. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE