A
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A - Autograph
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Revised impression of GE1
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected impression of EE1
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  b. 68

Whole-bar pedal in A (→GE)

Half-bar pedal in FE & EE2

No marking in EE1

Our variant suggestion

The difference between the pedalling versions of A (→GE) and FE does not seem accidental. This is indicated by similar differences in bars 43-48 and by the pedalling version in bar 52 (probably authentic). Therefore, the FE pedalling is most probably authentic, yet it is uncertain whether Chopin replaced the pedalling repeated after A with this version (in [FC] or while proofreading FE1) or whether he added it in a place in which the copyist or the engraver overlooked the markings or whether, last but not least, he added the pedalling independently to A and to [FC] or while proofreading FE1. The missing markings in FE in the next bar may point to the second possibility – distraction leading to the oversight of markings could have encompassed both bars, whereas Chopin noticed and corrected it only in bar 68. Not being sure whether Chopin considered the FE pedalling to be final, in the main text we suggest a variant solution, as in a similar situation in bars 43-48.
The overlooked markings in EE1 are a mistake, corrected in EE2

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions, Errors in EE, Authentic corrections of FE

notation: Pedalling

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