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b. 261-262

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No orchestral inserts in AsI & GE (→EE1→EE2, →FESB)

Progression of thirds in Af, contextual interpretation

Progression of thirds in A, contextual interpretation

Progression of sixths in FE & EE3

Complemented FE version suggested by the editors

Modified FE version, our alternative suggestion
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All three source versions of the text written in smaller notes are rather a harmonic complement to the solo part when "performed without accompaniment" than an actual replica of the string voices. At the same time, the earlier versions of Af and A are closer to the orchestral part than the later one, placed in a higher register. All versions of notation also contain mistakes or rhythmic simplifications; we reproduce the clearly erroneous ones only in the content transcription (version "transcript").
To the main text we adopt the supplemented version of FE (repeated also in EE3), which is evidence of Chopin's latest interaction with the solo part urtext.
Alternatively, assuming the erroneous rhythmic value of the d1-b1 sixth, we suggest a modified version of FE1. The versions of Af and A are almost identical in terms of sound; the former allows us to locate the mistake in the vague rhythmic version of A in bar 261 – the a-c1 quaver is supposed to be a semiquaver. The missing orchestral inserts in AsI are due to its working, unfinished nature, while in GE – probably due to the vague notation of A.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: GE revisions , Rhythmic errors , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 261

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

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In an earlier version of the insert illustrating the orchestral part – see the note below – neither Af nor A contain a  raising a to a. A respective accidental is in the 2nd violins in AsI and the orchestral parts. The mistake was corrected only intermediately – in a later version of this insert, added in the stage of proofreading FE1, there is an a1 provided with a .

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A

b. 261

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

Long accent in A (→GE)

Short accent in FE (→EE)

, our alternative suggestion

 & , our complementing suggestion
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Noteworthy is the similarity, despite the inaccurate reproduction of the accent, of versions of A and FE – cf. the other three analogous places where these sources differ significantly (bars 94, 98 and 265). This may mean, among other things, that this place was accidentally omitted in Chopin’s additions or corrections to the markings in [FC] or the proofs of FE1. Taking account of this possibility, we propose – as an alternative or supplement to the main text, based on the version of A – a  hairpin modelled on the indications of FE in three previous analogous places – see bars 93-97.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents , Omitted correction of an analogous place

b. 261-262

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

Slur to c2 in b. 261 in A (→GE)

Slur to c2 in b. 262 in FE (→EE)
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As in bars 94-95, the difference in the slur's range probably results from the inaccurate interpretation of the 'encompassing' A slur, yet this time the excessively long slur appears in FE (→EE). In the main text we provide the A slur, compliant with the phrase structure, correctly interpreted in GE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccurate slurs in A , Embracing slurs

b. 261

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

No extra slur in A (→GE)

Extra slur in FE (→EE)
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The additional slur in FE (→EE) is part of an irregular group marking. Chopin would generally insert such slurs along with a digit determining the number of notes in such a group (e.g. in a similar context in bar 98 in A); however, he would often omit them or included in longer phrase marks. In this case the slur must have been added to [FC] or FE1, yet it seems highly unlikely that it could have been done by Chopin.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Triplet slurs