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Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

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Articulation, Accents, Hairpins

b. 153

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

No marks in A (→GE) & FE1

Accents in FE2 (→EE)
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In the main text we include the accents added – certainly by Chopin – at the stage of proofreading FE2 (→EE). The marks were added in a place without any dynamic indications, since  is present only in A (→GE). Therefore, one can ponder whether Chopin did not regard these markings as an alternative. The fact that they should not be considered separately, which is what we believe, is supported by analogous bar 233, in which Chopin added to A both  and the accents.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 153

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

Staccato dot in A (→GE)

No mark in FE (→EE)
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The staccato dot, placed in A high above the note, could have been overlooked by Fontana, which would explain its absence in FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 155

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

Staccato dot in A (→GE)

No mark in FE (→EE)
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The staccato dot visible in A (→GE) could have been overlooked by the copyist in [FC] or by the engraver of FE. However, since in FE (→EE) the dot is also absent in analogous bar 235, it is more likely that Chopin added both dots to A after the copy, the basis for FE, had been finished.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 156-157

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

 & cresc. - - in A, likely interpretation

 & cresc. - - in GE

cresc. - - in FE (→EE)
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In A the  hairpin's arms are of different length, hence their intended range remains unclear. To the A text we adopt the range marked by the top arm, which was written first. This is the version we give in the main text. However, the version adopted by GE, based on the range of the bottom arm, can be considered an equal variant. In these sources cresc. begins only just in bar 157. The FE (→EE) version is probably also authentic, in which there is only one crescendo indication instead of two, that is cresc. from bar 156.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Scope of dynamic hairpins , Inaccuracies in A

b. 164-168

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

2  in A (→GE)

No signs in FE (→EE1)

in b. 168 in EE2
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The  marks in bar 164 and 168 were most probably added by Chopin to A (→GE) after the basis for FE, that is [FC], had been finished (cf. further dynamic indications absent in FE in this fragment,  in bar 172, two cresc. - - in bars 174-179 and  in bar 180). The second hairpin was added by EE2 after comparing it with GE1. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions