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Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

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Issues : Long accents

b. 284-285

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Long accents in FE

Different accents in GE

Short accents in EE
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , EE inaccuracies

b. 289

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Hairpin in FE (→GE,EE), literary reading

Long accent in FE (→GE,EE), contextual interpretation
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In this context, the sign reproduced in FE (→GE,EE) as a hairpin is to be interpreted as a long accent.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents

b. 335

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Accent in FE (→GE)

No mark in EE
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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in EE

b. 378

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

Long accent in FE

Short accent in GE & EE
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The accent mark in FE is slightly but distinctly longer than the short accents in the previous bars. However, the remaining editions found this difference negligible.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 385

composition: Op. 16, Rondo in E♭ major

 hairpin in FE (→GE,EE)

Long accent suggested by the editors
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In this context, the  hairpin in FE (→GE,EE) means almost certainly a long accent – cf. an undoubted accent in a similar bar 393. Hence, it is very probable that the sign was inaccurately rendered (extended) by the engraver.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents