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A - Autograph

FC - Fontana's copy

FE - French edition

FE1 - First French edition

FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1

FED - Dubois copy

FEJ - Jędrzejewicz Copy

FES - Stirling copy

FESch - Scherbatoff copy

GE - German edition

GE1 - First German edition

GE2 - Revised impression of GE1

GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2

EE - English edition

EE1 - First English edition

EE1a - Corrected impression of EE1

EE2 - Revised impression of EE1a

compare

b. 27-28

		in A, contextual interpretation
		in FC
		in FE (→EE)
		in GE

In both marks in A the top arm is clearly longer than the bottom one. We adopt the range of the top arm, written first, in accordance with the more carefully written mark in similar b. 26. The relatively minor inaccuracies in the reproduction of the marks in FC were exaggerated in GE, in which attempts were taken at placing the marks in such a way that they fill the entire bars. A similar manner, although only in b. 27, can also be seen in FE (→EE).

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information

issues: Inaccuracies in FE, Scope of dynamic hairpins, GE revisions, Unclear hairpins in A, Inaccuracies in FC

notation: Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

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Op. 28 No. 16, Prelude in B♭ minor