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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
Main text
Main text
A - Autograph
FC - Fontana's copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
FES - Stirling copy
FESf - Schiffmacher copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1
EE3 - Corrected impression of EE2
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  b. 470

Long accent in A

Short accent in FC (→GE) & FE (→EE)

The mark in A bears all the hallmarks of a long accent. In spite of that, both in FC (→GE) and FE (→EE) it was reproduced as a common short accent, which, according to us, may be considered an acceptable variant.

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See b. 462

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents, Inaccuracies in FE, Inaccuracies in FC

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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