Articulation, Accents, Hairpins
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b. 41-42
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composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor
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The missing staccato dots over the semiquavers must be an oversight by the copyist or by the engraver of FE (→EE). The additional dot in GE is a mistake or a revision, based on comparison with previous similar figures. However, the omission of the last dot could have been intended by Chopin, since the next bar, unlike the previous places, does not include a repetition of F. category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors in FE , GE revisions |
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b. 50-51
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composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor
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There is no doubt that the marks of A should be interpreted as long accents – all three begin slightly before the crotchets they concern, and they intersect their stems. However, due to the accents' significant length – they reach the 4th quaver in respective halves of bars – in GE they were interpreted as category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Long accents , GE revisions , EE inaccuracies |
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b. 52
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composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor category imprint: Differences between sources issues: Errors in FE |
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b. 52-53
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composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor
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The easiest explanation for why the accents are absent in FE (→EE1) is that they were added to A after [FC] had been finished. In GE all marks were recreated as long accents, while in EE2, in which they were almost certainly added after GE1 – as short accents. In the main text we keep the differences between the marks visible in A. category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE |
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b. 68-69
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composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor
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The version with one accent is almost certainly authentic – the lack of further marks could be an oversight, since the same difference occurs in analogous phrases in bars 155-156 and 235-236. On the other hand, it is uncertain which version is later – Chopin could have added the 2nd and 3rd accents in each of the phrases to A after [FC] had been finished or could have removed them in the copy or while proofreading FE1. It is also likely that all accents were added by Chopin as complements – both in A and in [FC] or FE. If the first option were true, the later one (final) would be the A version; if the second option were true – FE; if the third option were true – both should be considered on an equal footing. In this situation in the main text we adopt a variant solution. As far as the differences in the length are concerned, the only reliable source is A, in which the accents are undoubtedly long. The versions with short accents resulted from the engravers not differentiating between the two types of Chopinesque accents. category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations issues: Long accents , EE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE |
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