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b. 197-198

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

No slur in A (→GE) & FE1

Slur in FE2 (→EE)
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The slur added at the stage of proofreading FE2 (→EE) comes most probably from Chopin, hence we give it in the main text.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 197

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

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The notation of this bar, obvious in terms of sound, is inaccurate in some sources. In A two flats in the 2nd half of the bar are missing, to g1 and g (the latter is necessary, since in the manuscript, as well as in FE and GE, the first L.H. octave is written in the treble clef). GE corrected both inaccuracies, while FE added only the latter accidental. EE added a  to g1 and shifted the return of the bass clef, as in our main text, which eliminated the need to repeat a  to g.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Accidentals in different octaves , GE revisions , FE revisions , Inaccuracies in A

b. 197

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

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The deleted  mark at the beginning of this bar in A suggests that Chopin initially wanted to write one pedal for the octave motif in bars 197-198, and only then did he realise that this motif may overlap the fading out of the entire preceding passage.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Deletions in A

b. 197

composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major

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In the main text we add cautionary naturals to G1-G.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 197

composition: Op. 12, Variations in B♭ major

d1-e1 & d2-e2 in FE, stereotype interpretation

d1-e1 i d2-e2 in GE & EE
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The accidentals visible in FE next to the chords on the 3rd and 5th quaver are questionable, in spite of the notation being formally correct. All of them are actually superfluous – the sound would not change if they were removed, while the flats to b and b1 are hardly even cautionary accidentals. According to us, all accidentals were accidentally put a note too low, which, after correcting it accordingly, results in the GE and EE version. This is the version, natural and harmonically simplest – an entire bar based on one chord – that we provide in the main text. On the other hand, we consider a version requiring a minimal interference with the notation to be the FE text – with shifted naturals so that they raise e1 and e2 to e1 and e2, which, however, results in a less artful harmonic sequence with a tonally inexplicable d among d in the preceding bars and d on the 6th quaver in the discussed bar.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , GE revisions