In A the accents over the three L.H. minims differ slightly in their size and position:
- the accent in bar 235 is shorter than the preceding two,
- the accent in bar 234 can also be interpreted as an accent referring to the 4th R.H. quaver.
According to us, when looking at all the three marks jointly, there is no doubt that these are long accents referring to the syncopated L.H. chords, and this is how we reproduced them in the A transcription and in the main text.
The interpretation of these marks adopted by the editions is largely erroneous:
- The mark in bar 233 was assigned to the R.H. and moved a quaver earlier, as if it were the first out of four marks accenting the c-e
thirds (in various octaves), which does not stem from the A notation at all. - The mark in bar 234 was reproduced twice, as a long accent under the c2-e2 third (as in bar 233) and as a short one under the L.H. minim.
- It was only the mark in bar 235 that was reproduced more or less in accordance with the A notation, as a short accent under the L.H. minim.
category imprint: Differences between sources
issues: Long accents, Errors in GE
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins
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