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Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

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b. 20

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

Staccato dot in A (→GE)

No mark in FE (→EE)
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In the main text we include the staccato dot on the 3rd beat, entered into A (→GE) and most probably overlooked in [FC] or FE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 22-36

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

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In A in bars 21-36 Chopin carefully provided all L.H. crotchets with staccato dots (except the last two ones in bar 36). GE reproduced these marks with one mistake – the dot for the 1st crotchet in bar 22 was overlooked. By contrast, FE and EE are much more deficient; there is no doubt that the oversights occurred for extra-musical reasons. Below is a list of the overlooked dots in particular editions (bar number/beat):

  • in FE 22/1, 23/2, 24/1, 25/2, 25/4, entire bar 30, 32/1 and 35/4;
  • EE1 repeated the FE version, adding a dot in 25/2; however, the following dots were additionally overlooked: 24/4, 31/2, 31/4, 32/4, 33/1, 35/4, 36/1;
  • in EE2 the EE1 version was supplemented with a dot in 33/1; the dots in 26/4 and 34/4 were additionally overlooked. 

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors in EE , Errors in GE

b. 27-28

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

in A

in GE & EE2

No sign in FE (→EE1)
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The  hairpin could have been added to A after [FC] had been finished, although an oversight by the copyist or by the engraver of FE is possible as well. The elongated mark in GE is not supported by the A notation. The hairpin added by EE2 is of the same range as the one in GE, which is one of the pieces of evidence for GE1 being used while working on EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in GE

b. 28

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

Short accent in A & FE (→EE)

Long accent in GE
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A long accent in GE is a rare example of the use of this mark with no roots in the basis, which is A in this case.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 39

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

in A (→GE) & EE2

No sign in FE (→EE1)
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The easiest explanation for the missing  hairpin is an oversight by the copyist in [FC] or by the engraver of FE. The possibility of Chopin having removed this mark in one of these sources is less likely, according to us, although it cannot be ruled out, e.g. to suggest a gradual diminuendo from bar 37 to  in bar 41. The latter was most probably added by Chopin, hence the removal of  could be an element of a more comprehensive change to the dynamics of the final fragment of the introduction.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE