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Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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b. 478

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Long accent in A (→FC)

Short accent in FE (→EE) & GE2 (→GE3)

No mark in GE1
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The long accent in A (→FC), quite clear, was reproduced in FE (→EE) as a short one. The mark in FC was first overlooked (in GE1) and then included in GE2 (→GE3), yet also as a short one.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 478-479

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

e3 in A (→FE,FC→GE1)

e3 with  in GE2 (→GE3) & FESf

e3 in EE1

e3 & e3 in EE2 (→EE3)
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In the main text we add a cautionary  before the 2nd quaver in b. 478 (e3), since there are no doubts that the harmonic sequence on which the passages in b. 476-483 are based is to be the same as the one in b. 484-491 (including the semitone transposition). The absence of that  misled the engraver of EE who added a  here, changing the 2nd and 5th quavers from e3 to e3. That erroneous change was rectified in EE2 (→EE3), yet only partially, by adding a  restoring e3 on the 5th quaver. In GE2 (→GE3) a cautionary  was added not only in the discussed place, but also before e2 in the next bar. A natural before the 2nd quaver was also added in FESf.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Annotations in teaching copies , EE revisions , GE revisions , Annotations in FESf

b. 480

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

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In the main text we add cautionary naturals before a and a1. The former was added already in GE1, while the latter – in GE2 (→GE3).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions

b. 481-482

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

Slur to bar 482 in A (→FC→GE1) & GE3

Slur in bar 481 in FE (→EE) & GE2
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While the slur of A does not reach the 1st octave in b. 482, it does go beyond the bar line, which indicates that it was supposed to reach that octave. This is how it was understood by Fontana in FC (→GE1); moreover, such a slur – without a doubt – is present in analogous b. 489-490. The versions of GE2 and GE3 prove inconceivable dilemmas of the revisers of the second German edition concerning the range of that and similar slurs.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions

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