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Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

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b. 184-186

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

E1 crotchet in b. 186 in A & GE2

No E1 crotchet in GE1

E1 crotchet in b. 184 in FE (→EE)
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According to us, the most likely explanation for the difference in the placement of the E1 crotchet would be it having been added by Chopin both to A and [FC], although a Chopinesque correction to [FC] is also likely, not to mention a mistake by the copyist, misled by the similarity between the subsequent two-bar phrases. As it is impossible to determine whether Chopin considered one of the versions final, in the main text we give the text of the principal source (A), recommending the FE version as an equal variant.
The absence of E1 in GE1 most probably resulted from the engraver's distraction, who left space for this note while inserting , but eventually did not add it. This is not the only piece of evidence for the engraver's distraction in bar 186 – he also overlooked the first tie to B.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE , Bass register changes

b. 184

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

mid-bar in A (→GE)

 under B in FE (→EE)
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It is uncertain whether the difference in the placement of the  mark was intended by Chopin; however, in the face of numerous pedalling differences between A and FE, which cannot be explained by mistakes or inaccuracies, we suggest to consider the FE pedal, starting earlier, to be a potentially authentic variant. Similarly, in bar 186.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 185-187

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

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There are no accidentals to the chords in the middle of bar 185 and 187 in A (→GE), which, when interpreted literally, results in E chords in both places, with g1 and g2, interfering with the E minor chords from the beginning of the bar, held with pedal. The overlooked flats were added – probably at Chopin's request – in bar 187 in FE1 (with a mistake – a  to e1 instead of to g1) and in bar 185 in FE2 (→EE), but not in GE.
In the main text we omit the  to the g2 quaver at the end of bar 187, unnecessary in the corrected version.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Omission of current key accidentals , Errors of A , Authentic corrections of FE , Last key signature sign

b. 185-186

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

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The deletions visible in A in the 2nd half of bar 185 and at the beginning of bar 186 reveal that Chopin initially wrote the L.H. part an octave higher (in the treble clef, as it was 2 bars before). He committed a similar mistake in bar 197 as well.
See also the Ballade in G minor, Op. 23, bars 159-160 or the Scherzo in C minor, Op. 39, bars 345-347.

category imprint: Corrections & alterations; Source & stylistic information

issues: Corrections in A , Errors of A , Deletions in A

b. 186-187

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

slentando - - - in A

slentando - - in GE

No indication in FE (→EE1)

slentando in EE2
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The slentando - - indication was almost certainly added to A after [FC] had been finished, which is indicated by its absence in FE (→EE1). In GE the dashes marking the range thereof were led only to the middle of bar 187, while in EE2, in which the indication was added on the basis of GE1, there are no dashes at all.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE