GE
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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Staccato dots in A, possible interpretation

Wedge in A, our alternative suggestion

No marks in GE (→FE,EE,IE)

The issue of the presence and the type of staccato marks at the beginning of the bar may be questionable. In A the mark over C may be interpreted as a small wedge or an inaccurate dot; however, it is unclear whether the faint blot over the R.H. chord (to the right of the chord axis) bears any meaning at all. In the main text we assume the existence of two marks, which we reproduce as dots. An alternative solution includes only the unambiguous mark over the L.H., interpreted as a wedge. According to us, the version of the editions devoid of any marks does not comply with the A notation.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE, Wedges, Inaccuracies in A

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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