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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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Issues : EE revisions

b. 250-256

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Accents &  in A

& accent in FC (→GE1)

Different accents in FE

Different R.H. & L.H. accents in EE

Short accents in GE2 (→GE3)

Long accents, our alternative suggestion
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Despite significant differences in the length of the marks in b. 250, 252, 254 & 256 visible in A, we consider all of them to be accents. The mark in b. 250 in itself could be regarded as a long accent; however, in the context of two subsequent ones, we interpret it as a short accent. Due to the reasons discussed in analogous b. 118-124, in the main text we give a notation unified with four short accents; such a solution was also applied in GE2 (→GE3). The two missing marks in FC (→GE1) are most probably an oversight, while the changes introduced in EE, with differentiated accents for both hands and vertical accents, the latter being typical of that edition – a revision.   

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , GE revisions

b. 262

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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There is no octave sign over the R.H. minim in A (→FE→EE1). The patent mistake (particularly after comparing it with b. 130) was corrected in FC (→GE), probably by Fontana's hand, as well as in EE2 (→EE3).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors of A , Fontana's revisions , Errors repeated in FE , Errors repeated in EE

b. 263-264

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

 end of bar 264 in A (→FE,FC→GE)

 beginning of bar 263 in EE
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The  asterisk was shifted in EE, probably under the influence of analogous b. 130-132.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 267-268

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

f1 & f tied in A (→FC→GE) & FESf

f1 repeated, f tied in FE

f1 tied, f repeated in EE
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In FE b. 267 closes the line of the text. There are no ties of the R.H. minims, f-f1, therein, whereas in b. 268 it is only the tie of f that was finished. These are patent mistakes. EE ignored that partial tie while adding a tie of f1, probably on the basis of comparison with an analogous place in b. 271-272, where FE has only the tie of f1. All necessary ties in the discussed bars were added in FESf.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , Errors in FE , Annotations in FESf

b. 298

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In some of the editions, the whole-bar rest was specified with the digit 1 – over each of the staves in GE1 and EE, between the staves in GE3.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions