b. 12

L.H. in AI

A (→GEFEEE)

The analysis of the difference in the notation between the two autographs makes one wonder whether prolonging of the bass note in A has practical meaning or whether it is only conventional notation employed to end a  structurally important phrase with the tonic in root position.

Initially, A had the following version (later deleted and replaced): .

There would be nothing strange about the later adding of a pair of quavers in the R.H., making the melodic connection with bar 1 smoother, if not for the fact that in AI that element was already written in its final shape.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A, Accompaniment changes, Main-line changes

notation: Rhythm

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