IE1
Main text
A - Autograph
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE1
IE - Italian edition
IE1 - First Italian edition
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Wedges & staccato dots in A, literal reading

Wedges in GE (→FE,EE,IE)

Staccato dots suggested by the editors

The staccato marks over the R.H. chords are rather wedges in A, and this is how they were interpreted in GE (→FE,EE,IE). By contrast, the marks in the L.H. part must be dots, hence reproducing them as wedges seems wrong. According to us, the change of dynamics corresponds with milder articulation, hence it is more likely that the chords were marked inaccurately. Therefore, we consider the literal interpretation of A and the solution suggested in the main text to be potentially authentic.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Wedges, Inaccuracies in A

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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