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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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b. 6

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

in EE, FE and GE2

No marking in GC (→GE1)
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Lack of  in GC (→GE1) can be hardly considered accidental, as the same situation occurs in bars 14 and 18. This is probably an earlier version of dynamic markings of the introduction. The missing  was added In GE2, probably after comparison with FE.

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b. 6-8

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in EE & GC (→GE)

No sign in FE
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The absence of the hairpin mark in FE may be due to oversight. We insert that mark, as it occurs both in EE and in GC (→GE). Cf. the preceding note.

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b. 6-20

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur in 3 places in EE

Slur in 2 places in GC (→GE)

No slurs in FE
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The slur above the R.H. appears three times in EE (bars 6-8, 14-16 and 18-20) and twice (bars 6-8 and 14-16) in GC (→GE). FE has no slur in any of those places.

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b. 13

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No mark in EE & FE

Accent in GC (→GE)
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The accent is only present in GC (→GE). The fact that EE does not have it here seems strange, as this edition does have an accent in the analogous bar 5. That fact indicates that the omission may be due to the engraver's oversight.

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b. 13-14

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No slur in EE and FE

Slur in GC (→GE)
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Only GC (→GE) has the slur above the lower voice motif in the two hands part. The slur in GC begins from the rest, which could suggest that it is connected with the quadruple marking (cf. bars 5-6). However, that interpretation is contradicted by the right end of the slur that clearly reaches a in bar 14.

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