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(Op. 4), Sonata in C minor, Mvt II

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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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  b. 20

Short accent in A (literal reading→GE→FE,EE,IE)

Long accent in A, contextual interpretation

The comparison with the A marks in analogous bar 18, 19 and 21 proves that the one in bar 20, although much shorter, is also to be interpreted as a long accent.

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category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents, Inaccuracies in A

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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