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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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GE3
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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. 722-723

Slur in bar 723 in A (→FC→GE1, →FE→EE)

Slur in bars 722-723 in GE2 (→GE3)

The L.H. slur in A encompasses b. 723 only, hence it is compliant with the R.H. slur yet shorter than the slurs over the analogous motifs in b. 718-719, 758-759 and 762-763. It gives rise to the suspicion that the notation is inaccurate, hence the version of GE2 (→GE3) may be considered an acceptable variant. According to us, performing the D-E crotchets non legato may be regarded as a positive diversification.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

notation: Slurs

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