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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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b. 637-639

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Staccato dots in A (→FC→GE1) & GE3

No marks in FE (→EE) & GE2
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In both manuscripts, these bars are a literal repetition of b. 186-188 (they are not written out in full), and like there, staccato dots in b. 637 and 639 are reproduced only in GE1 and GE3. We do not include them into the main text in view of their possible deletion during the proofreading of FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 640-641

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No sign in A (→FC→GE1, →FE→EE)

 in GE2 (→GE3)
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Similarly to b. 189-190, GE2 (→GE3) arbitrarily added a  modelled after b. 57-58.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions

b. 644

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

in A

in FC, FE (→EE) & GE1

No sign in GE2

in GE3

 suggested by the editors
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In A nad FC, this bar is a replica of b. 193, and likewise there we regard the shorter  sign as possibly inaccurate. For that reason, in the main text we give a longer hairpin, modelled on b. 185.
The absence of the sign in GE2 can be explained by an oversight or a revision, aiming to make this bar uniform with the analogous b. 636. GE3 restored the .

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 645

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Staccato dot in A (→FC)

No mark in FE (→EE) & GE
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As in b. 637 and 639, we consider the staccato dot over b2 a remnant of the original version, presumably removed during the proofreading of FE (→EE). However, the absence of mark in GE is most probably an oversight by the engraver.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 648-649

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Two-bar  in A (→FC→GE)

One-bar  in FE (→EE)
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In the manuscripts these bars are marked as repetition of b. 197-198. In spite of that, FE (→EE) reproduced the  mark differently than before, inaccurately.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE