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Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

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b. 290-293

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

7 long accents in A

7 short accents in GE

6 short accents in FE (→EE)
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The seven accents written in A, in spite of slight differences in length, are certainly long accents. All editions reproduced them as common, short accents, probably due to the fact that in this context they could not be considered diminuendos, which is how Chopinesque long accents were generally interpreted. The absence of the penultimate mark (at the beginning of bar 293) is most probably an oversight by the copyist or by the engraver of FE1.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: Long accents , Errors in FE , Inaccuracies in GE , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 290-291

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

stretto - - in A

stretto in GE & EE2

No indication in FE (→EE1)
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The stretto - - indication was almost certainly added to A after [FC] had been finished. Such an explanation for its absence in FE (→EE1) is supported by the fact that in this group of sources the next agogic indications are missing as well, that is più mosso in bar 294 and sempre più mosso in bars 306-309. The oversight of the dashes marking the scope of stretto in GE, a frequent inaccuracy in the Chopinesque editions, seems to be important in this case, since the A notation most probably indicates that stretto is to be applied only over the course of one bar and a half and not, as it could be expected, until più mosso in bar 294. In EE2 the indication was repeated after GE1.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A

b. 290

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

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In FE1 the accidental to the bottom note of the 1st R.H. chord is missing. The sharp was added by FE2.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , FE revisions

b. 291

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

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In the main text we add cautionary flats to d1, d2 and d3. The accidentals were also added by GE and EE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions

b. 291-293

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

Pedalling in A (→GE)

No markings in FE (→EE)
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Chopin most probably added pedal markings to A after [FC] had been finished, which explains their absence in FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations