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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Issues : Long accents

b. 117

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No mark in EE and FE

Possible reading of the accent in GC

Probably long accent in GC (→GE)
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Only GC (→GE) has the accent mark, which makes it even more difficult to determine the type of accent intended by Chopin. We assume that a long accent was meant here, as was used in analogous bar 35.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 139

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Long accents in GC & FE

Short accents in EE & GE
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The accents in GC and FE seem to be long ones, and those in EE and GE - short ones. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 147

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Short accent in EE

Long accent in GC (→GE)

No sign in FE
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In the main text we give a long accent, following  GC (→GE). In EE the accent mark is short, in FE there is no accent at all.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 152-154

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Short accents in EE

Long accents in GC (→GE) & FE
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GC and FE clearly have long accents, EE – short ones. The marks in GE are unclear - shorter than those in bar 131 or 147, yet longer than those in bar 139. We assume them to be long accents, just like it was done in GC.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Long accents

b. 287

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Short accent in EE, and possibly in GC

Long accent in FE & GE, and also probably in GC
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The accent form intended by Chopin is hard to determine: it is rather short in EE and rather long in FE and GE. The accent in GC can be interpreted both ways. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents