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Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

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b. 95-99

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

Staccato dots in A (→GE)

No marks in FE (→EE)
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The easiest explanation for the missing staccato dots at the beginning of bar 95 and 99 would be Fontana's oversight in [FC] or an oversight by the engraver of FE. However, it cannot be ruled out that Chopin added dots along with slurs (see the next note) to A after [FC] had been finished. See also bar 262 and 266.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 95

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

c1 in chord in A (→GE) & FE2 (→EE)

No c1 in FE1
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The missing c1 note in FE (→EE) is most probably an oversight by the copyist or by the engraver of FE1. The note was added – probably at Chopin's request – to FE2 (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Authentic corrections of FE

b. 96

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

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In FE1 the accidental to the 1st L.H. quaver (d) is missing. The patent mistake was corrected in FE2 (→EE). In A (→GE) and FE one can see a  to d, the 8th quaver in the bar. This superfluous accidental was omitted by EE1; we also omit it in the main text. In EE2 the accidental was restored, most probably under the influence of GE1.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Cautionary accidentals , FE revisions

b. 98-99

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

Slur to a1-a2 in A, literal reading

Slur to g1-e2-g2 in GE & FE (→EE)
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As in bars 93-94, the A slur encompasses the phrase in bars 97-98 and, interpreted literally, ends on the a1-a2 octave. In this case, however, we consider the interpretation adopted by GE and FE (→EE) to be accurate, and in the main text we lead the slur to the 1st crotchet in bar 99, which ends the phrase.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Inaccurate slurs in A

b. 98

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

 in A (literal reading→GE)

No  in FE (→EE)

Long accent suggested by the editors
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The mark present in A (→GE), despite its considerable size, seems to indicate a long accent – it begins slightly before the b-b1 minim, but after the preceding note, and ends before the next one, which means that it actually concerns only this minim. However, since such notation could potentially hinder the correct interpretation, in the main text we suggest a standard long accent mark, compliant with the ones Chopin wrote in all analogous bar 94, 261 and 265. The absence of the mark in FE (→EE) most probably results from the fact that Chopin was adding dynamic markings concerning this fragment to A and [FC] or FE1 at a different time.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Long accents