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Now … in Dorico (or in Sibelius for what matters), how do I centre the staccato dot on notehead when the global option is to have them centred on stem when I need the fingering as well? —without using a playing technique or symbol, I mean.

Thank you both!

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What is your opinion on staccato dots on stem side alignment? Center on notehead, on stem, half-centre? If there is no unanimous opinion, could you motivate your choice? If possible, could you also mention publishers that use one instead of the other with good reasons? Now, in a case like this, when...

The treble clef looks similar to the Novello one, seems a style in vogue in the UK at the time.
Is this book British or American?

"ben" sforzato and "ben" rinforzato?
Just guessing, I've never seen it elsewhere.

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Sorry for the confusion, I meant the first Breitkopf edition (1980 ca.)

Flute, Oboe, Bassoon are always condensed even when doing completely different things.
Clarinets always decondensed even when play the same rhythm at different intervals or even when playing 'a 2'.

I have browsed enough scores from the XIX century symphonic repertoire to see that, while Flute, Oboe, and Bassoon (and all brasses) were more often than not condensed, the Clarinets were not. Can anyone explain why this happened and when this habit got abandoned? For example: both Clara and Robert ...