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b. 276

composition: Op. 2, Variations, complete

No marks in AsI & A

Wedges in GE (→FE,EE)

Wedge & dot suggested by the editors
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The missing staccato markings in A must be considered Chopin's inadvertence – the marks are present in all similar situations. The wedges added by GE are most probably inauthentic; however, even if they had been added at Chopin's request, it would have been an ad hoc correction, adjusted to the unifying manner of the engraver of GE1. Due to the above, in the main text we suggest adding marks in accordance with the consistent rule visible in A – wedges only for the bass notes on the main beats of the bar. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of GE

b. 276

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

  in A (→GE)

No markings in FE (→EE)
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In this bar the pedal markings could have been added to A (→GE) after [FC] had been finished. However, since the markings are fully compliant both in the preceding and following fragments, the absence of pedalling in FE (→EE) could have also resulted from an oversight.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 276

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

Staccato dots in A & GE2

L.H. dot in GE1

No marks in FE (→EE)
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Unlike the first time (bar 109), in A Chopin provided the 1st crotchet in the bar with staccato dots. The marks were probably added to A after [FC] had been finished, perhaps together with the deletion of the slur reaching the R.H. chord. The missing R.H. dot in GE1 is an oversight, corrected in GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 276-283

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

No L.H. slurs in A & FE (→EE1)

L.H. slurs in GE & EE2
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As in bars 109-116, in GE the L.H. part slurs were added, yet this time only under the octave sequences. This arbitrary addition was repeated in EE2 as well.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 276-282

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

Half-bar-long  in A

Longer  in GE & EE2

No signs in FE (→EE1)
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As in analogous bars 109-115, the  hairpins in bar 276, 278, 280 and 282 were almost certainly added by Chopin to A after [FC] had been finished (→FE→EE1). The range of particular marks differs slightly, yet in GE the hairpin begins under the first octave, which cannot be justified. In this form it was then added by EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE , Scope of dynamic hairpins , Corrections in A