The lack of the 
hairpin in the majority of GE is probably a result of an oversight of the engraver of FE, which was then corrected in the very FE (→EE). The sign was added in GE2no2 too. We reproduce the range of the sign on the basis of the notation of A. Cf. bars 3-4.
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issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins, GE revisions, EE inaccuracies, Authentic corrections of FE
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins