Scherzo, Op.3 (Raff, Joachim)

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1842 Version

Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1844]. Plate 7030.
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Misc. Notes Original images: ca.300dpi, color tif files approx. 3330 by 4235 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins.
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1881 Version

Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1881].
Reprinted Joachim Raff. Pianoforte-Werke zu 2 Händen, 3 vols.
Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, n.d.[1886]. Plate V.A. 563.
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Misc. Notes Scanned pdf posted as found.
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General Information

Work Title Scherzo
Alternative. Title
Composer Raff, Joachim
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. Op.3
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IJR 104
Key C minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1842, rewritten 1881
First Publication. 1844 – Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel (1842 version)
1881 – Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel (1881 version)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation piano

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As with Raff's Op.2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, and 14 the second versions actually represent new compositions ("Nouvelles Edition, entièrement transformée" as listed in Hofmeister's catalog).

Publication of the 1842 version of Op.3 was first announced in Monatsbericht (1844), p.86 (along with Opp.2 and 4).