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marks written in A at the beginning of these bars seem to be accents (long), and this is the version we suggest in the main text. However, such an interpretation could be questioned – as the marks are under the stave, it could mean that they are related to the bottom voice, which excludes accents, since in both cases they would concern tied notes. Due to the above, as an alternative solution we suggest short diminuendoes between the crotchets. The differentiated GE marks (→EE,IE) correspond to certain aspects of the A notation, yet, according to us, they are accidental, since there are no musical grounds to interpret these two places differently. FE standardised the marks, which resulted in a version that we suggest as an alternative.
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions
issues: Long accents, FE revisions
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins