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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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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. 232

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 

GC (→GE) & FE
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In the main text we give  after GC (→GE) and FE. Each of those two sources is probably autograph-based. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 236

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in GC (→GE) & FE

No marking in EE
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Lack of  in EE is probably an accidental omission, yet it may also be the earlier version. The indication does not change the musical picture here but defines it more precisely. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

b. 236-238

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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The sources have the lower notes of the L.H. octaves in bars 236-238 marked with the digits 8. We change that notation to match contemporary standards. The same applies to bars 192-199, 239-240 and 486-493.

category imprint: Editorial revisions; Source & stylistic information

issues: Abbreviated octaves' notation

b. 239-240

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

8 in bar 239 in EE & GC (→GE)

8 in bars 239-240 in FE

Version of FE, unabbreviated notation 
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In EE and GC (→GE) the lower note of the L.H. octave, D, is written – as 8 – only in bar 239. That notation, when read literally, means the absence of both the tie and the tied note in bar 240. In FE, sustaining of the entire octave is written, also by means of an abbreviation, is a doubtless manner.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE inaccuracies , Inaccuracies in GC , Abbreviated octaves' notation