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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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b. 395-399

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Slur to end of bar 397 in A (→FC→GE1)

Slur to end of bar 395 in FE, literal reading

Slur to e1 in bar 396 in EE

Slur to bar 399 in GE2 (→GE3)
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In the main text we give the ending of the phrase mark after A (→FC→GE1). The version of FE is erroneous and inaccurate (the phrase mark in b. 395 suggests continuation, yet in b. 396 there is no ending in a new line), which was revised in EE in the easiest way possible. The long phrase mark of GE2 (→GE3) is – just like in b. 295-297 – a result of a unifying revision.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 397

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Dotted minim g in A (→FC) & EE

Minim g in FE & GE
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The dotted g minim is the original version, left in A (→FC) most probably by inadvertence. The version of FE is probably a mistake, while of GE and EE – revisions.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions , Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 400

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In all editions except for GE2 the whole-bar rest was specified with the digit 1, one (FE and GE3) or both GE1 and EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , FE revisions

b. 409-411

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Small notes in A (→FC→GE)

Regular font in FE (→EE)
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Notation in normal font notes is a result of a misunderstanding of A by the engraver of FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 411

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Staccato dot in A (→FC) & GE3

No mark in FE (→EE) & GE1 (→GE2)
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The missing staccato dot is an oversight of the engravers of FE and GE. It was only GE3 that noticed the mark in FC.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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