Change of the type of accent to short is one of many inaccuracies of this kind in EE and GE2.
In all copies of GE1a, the discussed sign was overlooked as a result of an inaccurately performed graphic proofreading of bars 235-236.
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category imprint: Differences between sources
issues: Long accents, Errors resulting from corrections, Errors in GE
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins