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Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

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b. 302-309

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

cresc. - - - to b, 309 in A

cresc. - - to end of b. 309 in GE

in b. 309 in FE (→EE1)

cresc. - - &  in EE2

cresc. - - & , our alternative suggestion
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Chopin added the multi-bar cresc. - - indication – along with a number of other indications in this fragment – to A after [FC] had been finished, which explains its absence in FE (→EE1). In the very FE (or earlier in [FC]) there is only the  hairpin in bar 309, which, being almost certainly authentic, can be considered an alternative concept of leading the course to the culminant chord in bar 310.
In the A notation it is noteworthy that the dashes markings the range of crescendo do not reach the end of bar 309, and therefore  and  in bar 310. GE considered it an insignificant inaccuracy and extended the dashes to the end of the bar. We provide this natural interpretation of the A notation in the main text. However, it is also likely that Chopin hesitated while writing the dashes, perhaps considering using a different indication in the last bar, e.g. a , as in FE, and then started doing something else without making the decision. We include this possibility as an alternative solution. 

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Corrections in A , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , Inaccuracies in A

b. 303

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

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In FE there is no bottom voice crotchet under the pair of quavers at the end of the bar. The patent mistake was corrected in FE2 (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , FE revisions

b. 305-306

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

Slur to end of b. 305 in A, literal reading

Slur to beginning of b. 306 in GE

Slur to b. 310 in FE (→EE)
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In A there is no slur over the final fragment of this theme, from bar 306, opening a new line. It must be Chopin's oversight, hence in the main text we include the respective fragment of the FE slur (→EE) as its complement. According to GE, the ending of the A slur in bar 305 suggested that it should be continued, and therefore it was led to the 1st note in bar 306.

category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , Errors of A , Uncertain slur continuation

b. 306-310

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

sempre più mosso - - in A

sempre più mosso - - - in GE

No indication in FE (→EE1)

sempre più mosso in EE2
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As was the case with stretto in bar 290 and più mosso in bar 294, sempre più mosso was also a later Chopinesque addition to A (→GE). On the basis of GE1, it was also added by EE2. None of these editions reproduced the dashes marking the range of the indication correctly – in GE they were led a bar too far, whereas in EE2 they were overlooked.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in GE

b. 306

composition: Op. 49, Fantaisie in F minor

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In FE1 the middle note of the penultimate R.H. chord is an erroneous d2 instead of e2. The mistake was rectified in FE2 (→EE).

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , FE revisions