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Issues : No pedal release mark

b. 27

composition: Op. 25 No 8, Etude in D♭ major

No sign in A

 in FE

 in GE

 in EE

Our variant suggestion
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Same as in bars 19-20, in A there is no  asterisk. In this kind of context, indicating the clear place of the pedal's release poses certain problems, as obtaining the correct sound effect requires a gradual pedal's release. In the main text we suggest the signs given in FE and EE in a variant form, as being probably authentic.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: GE revisions , No pedal release mark

b. 27

composition: Op. 28 No. 11, Prelude in B major

No sign in A

 in FC (→GE) & FE (→EE)
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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: No pedal release mark , Fontana's revisions

b. 28-32

composition: Op. 10 No 5, Etude in G♭ major

No pedalling in A

Pedalling in FE (→EE,GE1→GE2)

GE3 (→GE4→GE5)

Our suggestion
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Chopin added the pedalling in a proofreading of FE. The  mark, overlooked in bar 28, was added in GE3 (→GE4→GE5), yet too early, as it seems; the reviser probably did not notice that despite a different notation, the bass note remains unchanged during the entire bar. The addition we perform includes the authentic pedalling from the previous bar. See also bars 32-36. 

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

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

b. 32

composition: Op. 10 No 11, Etude in E♭ major

No sign in A (→FE→GE1)

 in GE2 (→GE3→GE4) & EE
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In this case the missing  in A (→FE→GE1) should simply be considered as an oversight.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Errors of A , No pedal release mark

b. 33-34

composition: Op. 10 No 11, Etude in E♭ major

 in A

Two  in FE

 in GE1

  twice in EE

  in GE2 (→GE3→GE4)

Our suggestion
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According to us, A presents the only reliable pedalling version of these bars and the following sections of the Etude. The versions included in the editions are probably a result of an error of FE, the attempt of its later correction by Chopin in the last proofing and the subsequent arbitrary additions by the revisers of GE and EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

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