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Issues : Errors in EE

b. 396-399

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Hairpins in FE

Hairpins in GE

No marks in EE1 (→EE2)

Hairpins in EE3

Hairpins suggested by the editors
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Small differences in range of the  hairpins in FE in bars 396-399 (as well as 400-401) are haphazard in nature and unintentional. Therefore, in the main text, we unify them following the example of the signs in bars 398 and 401, which, according to us, convey a possible meaning of those marks best – they serve as long accents, emphasisng the seventh of the diminished seventh chord (the 1st note of each group of four semiquavers) with regard to its resolution (the 3rd note).
In GE the notation of FE was reproduced with slight inaccuracies, however in EE1 (→EE2), the signs were omitted. It was only just the reviser of EE3 that added them, extending them to the entire semiquaver group in almost all cases. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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

b. 399

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Staccato dot in FE (→GE) & EE2 (→EE3)

No mark in EE1
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE

b. 400-401

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Hairpins in FE

Hairpins in GE & EE3

No signs in EE1 (→EE2)

Hairpin suggested by the editors
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category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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

b. 402-403

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

8 staccato dots in FE

4 dots in GE

4 dots in bar 402 in EE
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In both GE and EE, the lack of some of the L.H. staccato dots results most probably from inadvertence of the engravers. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE , Errors in GE

b. 408

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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GE contains an erroneous "leggiere" instead of "leggiero," whereas the indication in EE is also erroneous – "leggio."

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in EE , Errors in GE