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

Text Compare Notes Sources Description
FE1
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. 29

 in A (literal reading→GE→FE,IE) & EE2

Long accent in A, contextual interpretation

No mark in EE1

We interpret the  mark entered into A as a long accent – the mark concerns the R.H. top voice, which results from its position, and it naturally emphasises the syncopated c2 crotchet. The A notation was precisely reproduced in the editions (except EE1, in which the mark was overlooked), which, in the case of printed text, suggests rather a diminuendo hairpin.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness

issues: Long accents

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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Original in: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris