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Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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b. 34

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Wedge in FE (→EE)

Staccato dot in GE
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The staccato dot instead of a wedge is most probably an inaccuracy of the engraver of GE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 35

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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In the sequence led in parallel sixths, the accidentals on the 2nd and 3rd beats of the bar (until the b2-g3 crotchet) are written in the sources as if it constituted a separate bar and as if the L.H. were significantly or totally written on a separate (bottom) stave:

  • in FE, accidentals are present before each note of the R.H., including the first g1, as well as before seven notes in the L.H. – from b to g1 and b1;
  • GE repeated all accidentals present in FE except for the  before the first b in the L.H.; moreover, accidentals were added before the 2nd part of the undecuplet in the L.H., from c2 to a2;
  • EE provided each note in both hands with accidentals.

We base the main text on the notation of FE, removing three least justified, according to us, cautionary accidentals – the ​​​​​​​ before g1 in the R.H. and the naturals before b and b1​​ in the L.H.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 35

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Slur from a1 in FE (→GE,EE)

Slur from g1 suggested by the editors
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The slur of FE (→GE,EE) is most probably inaccurate, perhaps due to an imprecisely drawn slur of [A]. The musical sense requires all slurs in this and the next bar to have the same range. We presume a natural assumption that it is the slurs that encompass the entire virtuoso scale led in the interval of sixth that are correct, hence the bottom one in bar 35 and the top one in bar 36.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 36

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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FE (→GE,EE) includes cautionary flats before c2 and c3 in the L.H. GE also added a  before d2. We omit those accidentals in the main text, since respective alterations at the same pitch were already indicated in the R.H., while performing a scale in the same key by both hands is obvious.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , Cautionary accidentals

b. 36

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Slur in FE (→GE,EE)

Slur suggested by the editors
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The slur of FE (→GE,EE) must be inaccurate, which could have been provoked by a too spaciously drawn slur of [A]. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in FE