In EE the authentic title of the piece – Fantasy [Fantaisie] – was provided with a numeral, Second [Seconde], to emphasise that Chopin had already composed a fantasy (Op. 13). This kind of numbering of subsequent pieces of the same genre was sometimes used by Chopin himself (e.g. in the Concerto in F minor, Op. 21 or in the Nocturne in D
, Op. 27 No. 2); nevertheless, in this case, it does not come from the composer. What is more, on the collective title page, the Fantasy was described as Great – Grand Fantasia – which must have been arbitrarily added by the publisher.
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