Issues : Long accents

b. 397

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in EE & GC (→GE)

Long accent in FE

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Long accent present in FE may well be perceived as optional interpretation of the remaining sources notation.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

b. 414-415

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No signs in EE

 & accent in GC & FE

  in GE

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No marks in EE may come from the earlier version or be an omission. A mark in GC, rightly interpreted in b. 73 in GE as a long accent, here (b. 415) was extended to almost whole bar hairpins.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents

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. 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

b. 423

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Short accent in EE

 in GC (→GE)

No mark in FE

Our suggestion

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For the main text we adopt a long accent form b. 81 in EE.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents