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Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Issues : GE revisions

b. 1-12

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

Slurs above the motifs in GC, EE & FE

Additional slurs in GE
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Slurs below the staff in bars 1-4 and 9-12 were added in GE, doubtless by a reviser; the same goes for bars 12-14 and many other places. Such doubling of performance indications is very rarely found in authentic sources.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 5

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

A long accent in EE and GC

Short accent in FE

Two accents in GE
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In the main text we give the long accent, as can be seen in EE and GC. The placement and type of accent in FE (a short one above the L.H. minim) may have resulted from difficulties with deciphering the graphics of the hand-written base text. GE has the accent taken from  GC and another one, above the minim c in the L.H. This is certainly a revision, one of many of that type. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 5

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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Missing from GC is the  lowering G to G. The accidental was added in GE, the remaining sources also have it in place.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Inaccuracies in GC

b. 14-15

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

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The  lowering e1 to e flat 1 is missing from both bars in GC and FE1. This obvious inaccuracy was corrected in GE and  FE2. The flat occurring in EE in bar 15 may also be part of the reviser's corrections (bar 14 in EE has no relevant note).

category imprint: Source & stylistic information

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , FE revisions

b. 17-18

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

No L.H. slur in EE, GC & FE

L.H. slur in GE
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GE has a slur added below the L.H. part.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions