diff --git a/src/include/mx/api/MarkData.h b/src/include/mx/api/MarkData.h
index 4fb831b0..a5489d07 100644
--- a/src/include/mx/api/MarkData.h
+++ b/src/include/mx/api/MarkData.h
@@ -34,7 +34,12 @@ enum class MarkType
     doit,
     falloff,
     breathMark,
-    caesura,
+    caesura, // an empty <caesura/>, the common form; renders the same as caesuraNormal
+    caesuraNormal,
+    caesuraThick,
+    caesuraShort,
+    caesuraCurved,
+    caesuraSingle,
     stress,
     unstress,
     softAccent,
diff --git a/src/private/mx/api/MarkData.cpp b/src/private/mx/api/MarkData.cpp
index f5e6bf8d..ca546eb7 100644
--- a/src/private/mx/api/MarkData.cpp
+++ b/src/private/mx/api/MarkData.cpp
@@ -105,8 +105,11 @@ bool isMarkArticulation(MarkType markType)
            (markType == MarkType::detachedLegato) || (markType == MarkType::staccatissimo) ||
            (markType == MarkType::spiccato) || (markType == MarkType::scoop) || (markType == MarkType::plop) ||
            (markType == MarkType::doit) || (markType == MarkType::falloff) || (markType == MarkType::breathMark) ||
-           (markType == MarkType::caesura) || (markType == MarkType::stress) || (markType == MarkType::unstress) ||
-           (markType == MarkType::softAccent) || (markType == MarkType::otherArticulation);
+           (markType == MarkType::caesura) || (markType == MarkType::caesuraNormal) ||
+           (markType == MarkType::caesuraThick) || (markType == MarkType::caesuraShort) ||
+           (markType == MarkType::caesuraCurved) || (markType == MarkType::caesuraSingle) ||
+           (markType == MarkType::stress) || (markType == MarkType::unstress) || (markType == MarkType::softAccent) ||
+           (markType == MarkType::otherArticulation);
 }
 
 bool isMarkOrnament(MarkType markType)
diff --git a/src/private/mx/impl/ArticulationsFunctions.cpp b/src/private/mx/impl/ArticulationsFunctions.cpp
index 4bcdbe16..2e5cdc1c 100644
--- a/src/private/mx/impl/ArticulationsFunctions.cpp
+++ b/src/private/mx/impl/ArticulationsFunctions.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "mx/impl/ArticulationsFunctions.h"
 #include "mx/core/generated/ArticulationsChoice.h"
+#include "mx/core/generated/CaesuraValue.h"
 #include "mx/impl/Converter.h"
 #include "mx/impl/MarkDataFunctions.h"
 #include "mx/impl/PositionFunctions.h"
@@ -108,6 +109,27 @@ void ArticulationsFunctions::parseArticulation(const core::ArticulationsChoice &
     case core::ArticulationsChoice::Kind::caesura: {
         parseMarkDataAttributes(inArticulation.asCaesura(), outMark);
         outMark.name = "caesura";
+        switch (inArticulation.asCaesura().value().tag())
+        {
+        case core::CaesuraValue::Tag::empty:
+            outMark.markType = api::MarkType::caesura;
+            break;
+        case core::CaesuraValue::Tag::normal:
+            outMark.markType = api::MarkType::caesuraNormal;
+            break;
+        case core::CaesuraValue::Tag::thick:
+            outMark.markType = api::MarkType::caesuraThick;
+            break;
+        case core::CaesuraValue::Tag::short_:
+            outMark.markType = api::MarkType::caesuraShort;
+            break;
+        case core::CaesuraValue::Tag::curved:
+            outMark.markType = api::MarkType::caesuraCurved;
+            break;
+        case core::CaesuraValue::Tag::single:
+            outMark.markType = api::MarkType::caesuraSingle;
+            break;
+        }
         break;
     }
     case core::ArticulationsChoice::Kind::stress: {
diff --git a/src/private/mx/impl/Converter.cpp b/src/private/mx/impl/Converter.cpp
index 386be73e..299c1422 100644
--- a/src/private/mx/impl/Converter.cpp
+++ b/src/private/mx/impl/Converter.cpp
@@ -174,6 +174,11 @@ const Converter::EnumMap<core::ArticulationsChoice::Kind, api::MarkType> Convert
     {core::ArticulationsChoice::Kind::falloff, api::MarkType::falloff},
     {core::ArticulationsChoice::Kind::breathMark, api::MarkType::breathMark},
     {core::ArticulationsChoice::Kind::caesura, api::MarkType::caesura},
+    {core::ArticulationsChoice::Kind::caesura, api::MarkType::caesuraNormal},
+    {core::ArticulationsChoice::Kind::caesura, api::MarkType::caesuraThick},
+    {core::ArticulationsChoice::Kind::caesura, api::MarkType::caesuraShort},
+    {core::ArticulationsChoice::Kind::caesura, api::MarkType::caesuraCurved},
+    {core::ArticulationsChoice::Kind::caesura, api::MarkType::caesuraSingle},
     {core::ArticulationsChoice::Kind::stress, api::MarkType::stress},
     {core::ArticulationsChoice::Kind::unstress, api::MarkType::unstress},
     {core::ArticulationsChoice::Kind::softAccent, api::MarkType::softAccent},
diff --git a/src/private/mx/impl/NotationsWriter.cpp b/src/private/mx/impl/NotationsWriter.cpp
index cf7312ec..49f1613c 100644
--- a/src/private/mx/impl/NotationsWriter.cpp
+++ b/src/private/mx/impl/NotationsWriter.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "mx/core/generated/ArticulationsChoice.h"
 #include "mx/core/generated/BreathMark.h"
 #include "mx/core/generated/Caesura.h"
+#include "mx/core/generated/CaesuraValue.h"
 #include "mx/core/generated/EmptyLine.h"
 #include "mx/core/generated/EmptyPlacement.h"
 #include "mx/core/generated/EmptyPlacementSmufl.h"
@@ -542,6 +543,30 @@ void NotationsWriter::addArticulation(const api::MarkData &mark, core::Articulat
     case core::ArticulationsChoice::Kind::caesura: {
         core::Caesura c;
         setAttributesFromPositionData(mark.positionData, c);
+        // MarkType::caesura is the common empty form <caesura/>; the variants carry an
+        // explicit text value.
+        auto caesuraValue = core::CaesuraValue::empty();
+        if (mark.markType == api::MarkType::caesuraNormal)
+        {
+            caesuraValue = core::CaesuraValue::normal();
+        }
+        else if (mark.markType == api::MarkType::caesuraThick)
+        {
+            caesuraValue = core::CaesuraValue::thick();
+        }
+        else if (mark.markType == api::MarkType::caesuraShort)
+        {
+            caesuraValue = core::CaesuraValue::short_();
+        }
+        else if (mark.markType == api::MarkType::caesuraCurved)
+        {
+            caesuraValue = core::CaesuraValue::curved();
+        }
+        else if (mark.markType == api::MarkType::caesuraSingle)
+        {
+            caesuraValue = core::CaesuraValue::single();
+        }
+        c.setValue(caesuraValue);
         outArticulations.addChoice(core::ArticulationsChoice::caesura(c));
         break;
     }
diff --git a/src/private/mxtest/api/MarkRoundTripTest.cpp b/src/private/mxtest/api/MarkRoundTripTest.cpp
index de76fcc1..191a90e7 100644
--- a/src/private/mxtest/api/MarkRoundTripTest.cpp
+++ b/src/private/mxtest/api/MarkRoundTripTest.cpp
@@ -268,4 +268,24 @@ TEST(NonArpeggiateAttributes, MarkRoundTrip)
 
 T_END;
 
+TEST(CaesuraEmpty, MarkRoundTrip)
+{
+    // The common empty form <caesura/> must not acquire a "normal" text value on write.
+    const auto marks = roundTripMark(MarkType::caesura);
+    CHECK(hasMark(marks, MarkType::caesura));
+}
+
+T_END;
+
+TEST(CaesuraVariants, MarkRoundTrip)
+{
+    CHECK(hasMark(roundTripMark(MarkType::caesuraNormal), MarkType::caesuraNormal));
+    CHECK(hasMark(roundTripMark(MarkType::caesuraThick), MarkType::caesuraThick));
+    CHECK(hasMark(roundTripMark(MarkType::caesuraShort), MarkType::caesuraShort));
+    CHECK(hasMark(roundTripMark(MarkType::caesuraCurved), MarkType::caesuraCurved));
+    CHECK(hasMark(roundTripMark(MarkType::caesuraSingle), MarkType::caesuraSingle));
+}
+
+T_END;
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/private/mxtest/api/roundtrip-baseline.txt b/src/private/mxtest/api/roundtrip-baseline.txt
index c21fbe8c..70314f43 100644
--- a/src/private/mxtest/api/roundtrip-baseline.txt
+++ b/src/private/mxtest/api/roundtrip-baseline.txt
@@ -407,3 +407,10 @@ synthetic/arpeggiate.3.1.xml
 synthetic/arpeggiate.4.0.xml
 synthetic/non-arpeggiate.3.0.xml
 synthetic/non-arpeggiate.3.1.xml
+
+# Unblocked by the caesura value fix: MarkType::caesura now round-trips the
+# common empty element form, and the caesuraNormal/Thick/Short/Curved/Single
+# variants carry an explicit text value.
+ksuite/k001a_Articulations.xml
+musuite/testNoteAttributes2.xml
+musuite/testNoteAttributes2_ref.xml