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Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

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b. 294

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

No mark in sources

Long accent suggested by the editors
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In the main text we suggest adding an accent over the syncopated e1 minim. The fact that this note should be accented is indicated by the accents over all the remaining syncopated notes in the first phrase of this theme. These marks were added to A after [FC] had been finished, while in the discussed bar Chopin was occupied with the issue of marking the new agogic concept of this final theme.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

b. 294

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

sempre forte in A (→GE)

in FE (→EE1)

sempre  in EE2
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In the main text we provide the indication as it is in A, that is in its specified form – Chopin most probably wrote first  before the 2nd crotchet in the bar and then expanded the indication to a form that was supposed to attract the performer's attention to maintain the dynamics, emphasising the triumphant nature of this section.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Corrections in A

b. 294

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

c1 in chord in A (→GE)

No c1 in FE (→EE)
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The missing c1 in FE (→EE) must be a mistake resulting from the sometimes poorly visible middle notes of chords on ledger lines.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Uncertain notes on ledger lines

b. 296-304

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

Separate slurs in b. 297 & 304 in A (→GE)

Continuous slurs in FE (→EE)
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In the main text we provide the A slurs (→GE), consistently marking an internal division in both phrases, most probably to make the performance more malleable. The continuous FE slurs are also undoubtedly authentic and correspond with the calmer phrasing of the first appearance of this theme in bars 127-142.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 296-301

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

Long accents in A

No marks in FE (→EE1)

Short accents in GE & EE2
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The four accents in these bars must have been added to A after [FC] had been finished, since it is difficult to assume that the copyist or the engraver could have overlooked all of them (also those in bar 302 and 304). The accents are clearly long, which, however, was reproduced neither in GE nor in EE2 (which was modelled after it).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Long accents , Inaccuracies in GE , Corrections in A