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Issues : No pedal release mark

b. 59

composition: Op. 10 No 7, Etude in C major

No sign in A (→FE)

 sign in GE & EE
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In GE and EE a  mark was added at the end of the piece. Leaving the endings of the works without this mark is characteristic of Chopin and in some situations it can have a practical meaning.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , No pedal release mark

b. 61-66

composition: Op. 22, Andante spianato

in FE (→EE)

No pedalling in GE

 & [] suggested by the editors
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The easiest explanation for the absence of a  mark in GE would be an oversight, although a revision also cannot be excluded. In turn, the missing  mark may be authentic and does not have to be considered a mistake, since there are  marks without following  marks in Chopin's pieces. Despite that, in the main text we suggest [] at the end of b. 66, mostly to warn performers from earlier pedal changes.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: Errors in GE , No pedal release mark

b. 62

composition: Op. 63 No. 3, Mazurka in C# minor

No  in FE

 on the 3rd beat of the bar in GE2 (→GE3)

 before 3rd beat of the bar in EEW

Our variant suggestion
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In GE and EEW the absence of  in FE was considered a mistake, and two pedal release moments were suggested – after the 2nd beat in EEW and on the 3rd beat in GE. In the main text we suggest an even longer pedal; however, we leave the final decision concerning the pedalling in this fragment to the performer.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , No pedal release mark

b. 65

composition: Op. 63 No. 3, Mazurka in C# minor

No mark in FE (→GE1)

 in GE2 (→GE3) & EEW
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If we were to take into account the pedalling of the entire Mazurka, the absence of  in FE (→GE1) must be considered an oversight. It was added in GE2 (→GE3) and EEW.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE , GE revisions , No pedal release mark

b. 66-71

composition: Op. 27 No 2, Nocturne in D♭ major

 in A

 added in GE in bar 71

Pedalling in  FE (→EE)
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In A, the only pedal mark in bars 66-71 is  at the beginning of bar 66. That notation is definitely incomplete, as the next point where the pedal marks appear is the beginning of bar  72 on a new page of the manuscript. In GE, an asterisk  was placed at the end of bar 71, probably added as part of editorial revisions. The complete pedalling for those bars was supplemented by Chopin in the proofing of FE (→EE).

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , No pedal release mark