According to the editors, the staccato dots over the initial quavers in b. 186 and 188 may be an original version. It is indicated by the dots cancelled in FC in the analogous b. 54 and 56, and the absence of dots in FE (→EE), both here and in analogous b. 637 and 639, which points to their deletion during the proofreading of FE. Taking this into account we omit these dots in the main text. They were also omitted in GE2, presumably in line with the analogous b. 54 and 56. GE3 restored the FC version. See also b. 193-195.
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issues: GE revisions, Authentic corrections of FE
notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins