AsI
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AsI - Working autograph of score
A - Autograph fair copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Corrected impression of GE1
GE3 - Second German edition
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FESB - Later French edition
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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  b. 18-29

Crotchets after minims in AsI & A (→GE)

Various rhythms in FE

Crotchets mostly after minims in FESB

Crotchets and minims together in EE1

Notation with rests in EE2 (→EE3)

As it was described in the note concerning b. 16-17, due to the notation of the harmonic legato in the L.H. part, the engraver of GE1 misunderstood the rhythm; consequently, the notation became more or less compliant with A only after corrections to a printed version. Generally, the dotted crotchets are separated from the minims; however, wherever there are no small rhythmic values in the R.H., the gaps are very small, while in the 2nd half of b. 18 the notes almost touch each other. Consequently, it contributed to the clearly erroneous versions of notation of FE and EE1:

  • in FE it is only b. 19 and 23 and the 2nd half of b. 28 that are correct;
  • in FESB it is only the 1st half of b. 26 that is an exception to a generally correct version of notation;
  • in EE1 the erroneous combinations of minims with dotted crotchets were introduced into all bars;
  • in EE2 (→EE3) a quaver rest was added above the minim that begins each half measure. Additionally, the dotted crotchets have been shifted in several places to make it clear that they should be struck on the 2nd or 6th quaver of the bar. These shifts were done imprecisely, with the dots extending some of the crotchets omitted.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions, Inaccuracies in GE, Inaccuracies in FE

notation: Rhythm

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