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Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 252-253

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

L.H.  in A

No signs in FE (→EE) & GE
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The additional  for the L.H. was most probably added – as many other dynamic marks – to A after [FC] had been finished. This would explain its absence in FE (→EE), yet it remains uncertain whether in GE it was overlooked or considered superfluous in the face of similar marks between the staves.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , GE revisions

b. 253

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

Longer  in A (→GE)

Half-bar  in FE (→EE)
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As in bar 85, the  hairpin in A is longer than the vast majority of marks in analogous bars, encompassing the first half of a bar. Although in this case the mark encompasses the entire next triplet, we consider it an inaccuracy (such nonchalant flourish can be observed even more frequently in the case of slurs). In the main text we give the FE version of the mark, compliant with its presented contextual interpretation.
Similarly, in bar 257.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 253

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

4 accents in A (→GE) & EE2

2 accents in FE (→EE1)
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There are 2 possible explanations for the difference in the number of accents – either Chopin added to A 2 accents over the R.H. octaves or there were initially no accents here at all (as in analogous bar 153), which Chopin then added independently to A after [FC] had been finished and to the very [FC] or while proofreading FE1. In the main text we follow the version of the principal source (A), which, in this case, is of minimal importance. EE2 added the accents after comparing it with GE1. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 257

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

 in A, literal reading

in FE (→EE)

in GE
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As in bar 85 and 253, we consider the  hairpin in this bar to have been inaccurately written by Chopin in A (too long). In GE the mark was additionally prolonged by one note. In the main text we give a  in the FE version, compliant with the vast majority of analogous marks.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE , Scope of dynamic hairpins

b. 260-261

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

in A (→GE) & EE2

No sign in FE (→EE1)
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The  hairpin was probably added to A after [FC] had been finished, which explains its absence in FE (→EE1). In EE2 the mark was added after GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources