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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Issues : Errors in FE

b. 482

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Staccato dot in A (→FC) & GE2 (→GE3)

No mark in FE (→EE) & GE1
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It is not entirely certain whether the dot near the 1st octave in A is a staccato mark, yet Fontana included it in his copy. Therefore, we give it in the main text. FE (→EE) and GE1 omitted the mark, yet the dot was restored in GE2 (→GE3), on the basis of FC.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 492

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

in A (→FC→GE)

No marking in FE (→EE)
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The missing  in FE (→EE) is most probably an oversight of the engraver. See also the note in the next bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 493

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Accent in A (→FC→GE)

No mark in FE (→EE)
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The missing accent in FE must be a result of the engraver's inaccuracy.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 502

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Slur in A (→FC→GE)

No slur in FE (→EE)
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The missing slur must be a result of inaccuracy of the engraver of FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 503-504

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Lower-part slur in A (→FC→GE)

No slur in FE (→EE)
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The absence of the slur encompassing the two-note sequence of the bass must be a mistake of FE (→EE). Admittedly, the slur of A is vague and goes through the area of the crossings-out, yet it does not make an impression of having been removed.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors resulting from corrections