AI
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AI - Earlier autograph
A - Autograph
CDP - Copy for Delfina Potocka
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FE2 - Corrected reprint of FE1
FED - Dubois copy
FEJ - Jędrzejewicz copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE1a - Corrected reprint of GE1
GE1b - Flawed impression of GE1
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Revised impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Corrected reprint of EE1
EE3 - Revised impression of EE2
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 in AI, GE, FE & EE

Earlier  in A

The corrections of placing the  sign at the end of the bar, visible in A, do not prove, according to us, an intention of an earlier pedal release in this place. Chopin most probably wrote the sign already after the bar line (at the end of the line) and, in order to avoid misunderstandings, he wanted to place it precisely at the end of the bar, yet, as a result of deletions, an illegible inkblot was created. Considering the harmonic pedalling including the entire beats of the bar to be obvious, the composer wrote the necessary sign slightly earlier, at a safe distance from – probably fresh – stain. In GE, the sign was reproduced at the end of the bar and it is also AI, FE and EE that prove the correctness of this way of placement.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Deletions in A

notation: Pedalling

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