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The extent of the hairpin mark in A may give rise to certain doubts due to inexact alignment of the L.H. part under the R.H. part. The engraver of GE1 (→FE→EE) probably matched the beginning of the hairpin with the L.H. crotchets, which was an evident mistake later corrected in GE2 (→GE3). Applied to the R.H., the hairpin mark in A doubtless refers to the quaver figure on the 3rd beat of the bar, despite the fact that it begins a little earlier.
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources
issues: Inaccuracies in GE, Scope of dynamic hairpins, Unclear hairpins in A
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins