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Issues : No pedal release mark

b. 22-23

composition: Op. 10 No 9, Etude in F minor

No pedalling in AI & A

 in FE

  in GE & EE

Our suggestion
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After the  mark in the middle of bar 22, FE is missing the  mark. In GE and EE a  was added at the end of this bar, yet according to us, Chopin probably had in mind a one-and-a-half bar pedal.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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

b. 23-26

composition: Op. 28 No. 6, Prelude in B minor

in A (→FE→EE)

No sign in FC (→GE) & CGS

   in EE
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The missing  mark in FC (→GE) is almost certainly a result of an oversight of the copyist. The omission of the mark in CGS is most probably of a similar nature. The addition of the  mark in b. 26 must be a revision of EE, quite frequent in Chopinesque first editions – cf., e.g. the Prelude in C Major, No. 1.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , No pedal release mark , Errors of FC

b. 24

composition: Op. 24 No. 3, Mazurka in A♭ major

No  in A (→GE→FE→EE) or AI

Supplement proposed by the editors
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In the sources Chopin has not marked when to release the pedal written in A (→GE→FE→EE) in bar 20. We add the mark  in order to avoid a suggestion of an over-sustaining of the pedal, e.g. up to the next  sign in bar 26.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: No pedal release mark

b. 26

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

 at end of bar in A & GE2

No sign in GE1 (→FE)

 after 5. quaver in EE
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Omission of the  sign in GE1 (→FE) is certainly a mistake. The sign was added in EE (arbitrarily) and GE2 (after A).

category imprint: Differences between sources

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

b. 26

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

 in A

  in GE (→FE→EE)
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Same as in bar 12, the missing  sign in A is most probably an inaccuracy. The sign was added already in GE (→FE→EE), perhaps at Chopin's request.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of GE , No pedal release mark