There's a facsimile of the 1st page of KV385 which shows clearly a time
signature of "C" ; in bar 2 the long note is written as a ½note tied to a
double-dotted ¼note.
http://www.themorgan.org/collection/music-manuscripts-and-printed-music/1154
26# 

Regards,
Dale
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David Pickett
Verzonden: Saturday, February 11, 2017 14:31
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While one might think that the second and similar 
bars could be notated with a triple dot, surely 
in Mozart's time this would have had tempo and 
accentuation implications of one beat per bar.

David

At 14:44 11-02-17, dc wrote:
>Le 11/02/2017 14:35, dc écrit :
>>https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Dictionary_of_Music_and_Musicians/Dot
>>
>>His son, Wolfgang Mozart, not only made 
>>frequent use of the double dot invented by his 
>>father, but in at least one instance, namely at 
>>the beginning of the symphony in D written for 
>>Hafner, employed a triple dot, adding seven 
>>eighths to the value of the note which preceded 
>>it. The triple dot is also employed by 
>>Mendelssohn in the Overture to Camacho's 
>>wedding, bar 2, but has never come into general use.
>
>I just quoted this without checking. But looking 
>both at the manuscript and the published score, 
>I only see double dots at the beginning (though 
>Mozart *could have used a triple dot*, instead 
>of the half note tied to a double-dotted quarter 
>he writes). Perhaps Andrew has other examples.
>
>Dennis

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