Out of four long accents written in A, GE1 reproduced correctly only the first and third, which was unified in the remaining editions, by giving short accents only. It is a result of considering long accents either inaccurately written common accents or short diminuendoes.
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issues: Long accents, Inaccuracies in GE, Inaccuracies in FE
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins