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Issues : No pedal release mark

b. 479-480

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

No sign in FE (→GE,EE)

[] suggested by the editors
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The missing ​​​​​​​ mark may have resulted from Chopin's inadvertence; however, it is also possible that the composer left the task of finding the right moment to release pedal to the discretion of the performer. According to us, pedal is to be held at least until the beginning of bar 479 and rather not longer than until the beginning of bar 480, which is suggested by two marks [], proposed in the main text.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: No pedal release mark

b. 494-502

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

 in A & GE2

No pedalling in GE1 (→FE→EE)

 & [] suggested by the editors
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No pedalling markings in GE1 (→FE→EE) must be an oversight – in A the  mark is written carelessly and just above the clef opening the line of the cello part in Morch, so it could have been unrecognised. According to us, Chopin wanted to hold pedal at least until the end of bar 501 – cf. an analogous situation in bars 353-356. In the main text we suggest it with a mark in bar 502.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 515

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt I

No marking in FE

​​​​​​​ in GE & EE
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In FE, the absence of a ​​​​​​​ mark, ending the pedal depressed at the beginning of bar 514, must be considered an inaccuracy in this context. The mark was added in GE and EE. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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

b. 526

composition: Op. 39, Scherzo in C♯ minor

 in EE & GC (→GE)

No sign in FE

Our variant suggestion
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The  mark must be authentic, it is not certain however, if it was not Chopin's intention to move it 4 bars further. Therefore, we propose our variant solution, bracketing the mark.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE , No pedal release mark

b. 536

composition: Op. 31, Scherzo in B♭ minor

No  in A (→FC→GE, →FE→EE)

in bar 539 in GE2

in bar 537 in GE3

[] suggested by the editors
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The sources lack an authentic pedal release mark of the pedal from b. 536. The  marks added in different places in GE2 and GE3 must be arbitrary. In the main text we suggest that the pedal is held throughout the entire four-bar section, based on one chord, until the end of crescendo, which is natural in this context.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , No pedal release mark