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b. 293

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

No slur in A (literal reading) & FE (→EE1)

Slur in A (contextual interpretation→GE) & EE2

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In A this bar ends a page and does not contain a slur. However, in the next bar Chopin wrote an ending of a slur reaching the 1st note and started a new one from the 2nd note. This undoubtedly proves that the absence of a slur in the discussed bar must be considered a mistake, hence in the main text we add the overlooked fragment of the slur, starting from the last minim, which seems most natural due to the change of register of the minim chord sequence. This is how this notation was interpreted in GE, while EE2 added the slur after GE.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccurate slurs in A , GE revisions , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 294

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

Separate slurs in A (→GE)

Slur from beginning of bar in FE (→EE1)

Chained slurs in EE2

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In the main text we give the A slurs (→GE), which provide the beginnings of the analogous phrases in bar 294 and 302 with homogenous articulation. The fact that the first two chords are to be separated was additionally specified with a staccato on the 1st crotchet. The FE slur is most probably authentic and corresponds with the phrasing in analogous bar 127. The EE2 version arbitrarily compiled the slur drawn from FE with the short slur repeated after GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions

b. 296-304

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

Separate slurs in b. 297 & 304 in A (→GE)

Continuous slurs in FE (→EE)

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In the main text we provide the A slurs (→GE), consistently marking an internal division in both phrases, most probably to make the performance more malleable. The continuous FE slurs are also undoubtedly authentic and correspond with the calmer phrasing of the first appearance of this theme in bars 127-142.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 301-302

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

Slurs in A, literal reading

Slurs in A (possible interpretation→GE)

Slurs in FE (→EE)

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The comparison with analogous bar 135 suggests that the A slurs are inaccurate here, particularly the one that ends on the last crotchet in bar 301. The beginning of the slur in bar 302 is written with a flourish, yet its shape quite convincingly indicates that it is related to the e2 minim and the respective accent. Taking into account the above, in the main text we give the unquestionable FE slurs (→EE).

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 305-306

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

Slur to end of b. 305 in A, literal reading

Slur to beginning of b. 306 in GE

Slur to b. 310 in FE (→EE)

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In A there is no slur over the final fragment of this theme, from bar 306, opening a new line. It must be Chopin's oversight, hence in the main text we include the respective fragment of the FE slur (→EE) as its complement. According to GE, the ending of the A slur in bar 305 suggested that it should be continued, and therefore it was led to the 1st note in bar 306.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of A , Uncertain slur continuation