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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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b. 414-416

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slur in EE and FE

GC (→GE)
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Slur in GE (→GE) seems imprecise, which is confirmed by the consistent versions of EE and FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GC

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. 416-417

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No tie in EE

c tied in GC (→GE) & FE

Our variant suggestion 
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Even though EE is the only one without a tie on c, we believe this version to be authentic and propose to have a variant bracketed tie for the main text. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 417-431

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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In bars 417, 420-421, 423-429 and 431 augmentation dots for the RH minims were supplemented in GE. The dots were omitted in GC in the right bars of the 75-89 sequence.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 418-431

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

4 short accents in EE

13 accents in GC (→GE)

12 accents in FE

Our suggestion (13 accents)

Our alternative suggestion (12 accents)
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In these bars the question of short or long accents has not beeb resolved. Fortunately enough, a performer who has both options at his disposal is triggered to think about his own idea. The lack of most of the accents in EE must be the engraver's error - the accents end at the beginning a new line of text. The lack of accent in b. 423 in FE is an obvious error too, and we suggest two ways of dealing with it.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in EE