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Issues : No pedal release mark

b. 82

composition: Op. 10 No 4, Etude in C♯ minor

No  in AI & FE (→EE2)

 in GE & EE3 (→EE4)
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In FE (→EE2) there is no  mark, ending the pedal depressed in bar 79. It is quite frequently experienced in Chopin's pieces, particularly in the endings of the works. The revisers of GE and EE3 (→EE4) considered it as a mistake and added a  at the end of bar 82.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 82

composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II

 in A

No pedalling in GE1 (→FE)

 &  in EE & GE2

 & [] suggested by the editors
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The missing  sign in A must be considered an inaccuracy of notation. In the main text, we add the sign after analogous bar 14. The absence of indications in GE1 (→FE) is certainly a mistake, revised in EE and GE2.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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

b. 87-88

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

No markings in A

   in bar 88 in FE

   in GE & EE
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 at the beginning of b. 87 is the only pedal marking in these bars in A. It is almost certainly an oversight by Chopin, who resumed writing markings after transitioning to a new line. FE (→GE,EE) added markings in b. 88, most probably at Chopin's request, while GE and EE also added a  at the end of b. 87.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , No pedal release mark , Inaccuracies in A

b. 88

composition: Op. 21, Concerto in F minor, Mvt II

No pedal markings in A & GE2

 in GE1 (→FE→EE)

Supplement suggested by the editors
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No pedalling on the 4th beat of the bar is most probably a result of Chopin's distraction – the notation of pedalling stops in A on the  sign in the middle of the bar, perhaps due to lack of ink; after returning to writing, the composer could have been occupied with another issue. In a very similar context in bar 20, the pedalling – pedal on each beat of the bar – is written in the entire bar. The addition of  in GE1 (→FE→EE) is probably a routine revision – it is hard to imagine that, when adding pedalling, Chopin would have overlooked the accented chord on the 4th beat of the bar. When removing the sign, the reviser of GE2 could have considered that it would be better to leave a general  indication on the 3rd beat rather than to suggest no pedalling on the 4th one.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , No pedal release mark , Inaccuracies in A

b. 91

composition: Op. 45, Prelude in C♯ minor

No marking in FE (→EE1)

 in GE & EE2

Our variant suggestion
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The  sign is present only in GE and EE2 (in the latter it was probably adopted from GE). In this type of contexts Chopin generally omitted the sign at the end of a piece, while the publishers often added it. Therefore, we consider that the asterisk  in GE may not be authentic and we propose a variant solution.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: No pedal release mark