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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Issues : Placement of markings

b. 416-431

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Short accent in EE & GC

Long accent in FE

Accent in GE
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The length of an accent used here remains an unsettled issue -  short in EE and GC or long in FE (also in subsequent bars - compare bars 418-431). For GE we adopt a short accent just like GC, and the fact that the accent is placed under the RH part must have been the engraver's arbitrary decision. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Placement of markings , GE revisions

b. 591

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Long accent in EE & FE

Short accent in GC (→GE)
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Accents in EE and FE are distictly longer than those of the following bar. In GC (→GE) there is no difference. In the main text we take into account differences in the notation of accents, as it naturally relates to the rhythmic values of notes.

In FE accents in bars 591-593 are placed below the staff. This is rather an example of a common engraving manner that placed accents, articulation signs, etc. on the side of the note heads.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Placement of markings