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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 123

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No sign in EE and FE

 in GC (→GE)
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The authenticity of the hairpin  in GC (→GE) is doubtless, yet it is hard to determine what caused the difference between the sources (omission of the mark in one pair of sources or adding it in the other are the two possible options).

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b. 129

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Staccato dots in EE, GC & GE2

No marks in FE

Dot in GE1
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We consider the question of articulation and phrasing to be independent of the choice of the rhythmic variant. That's why we include the staccato dots in our main text despite the fact that they are absent from FE, i.e.  the source whose rhythm we adopt as the basic one. 

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b. 129-130

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Staccato dots above the five octaves in the R.H. are found only in GC (→GE; #Wn2 also has dots below the L.H  octaves). EE does not have any markings in that fragment. FE has a slur running from the 2nd octave of bar 129 up to the beginning of bar 143. For that reason, variants of performance markings are included in the note to bars 129-139.

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issues: GE revisions

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. 

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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.

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issues: Long accents