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Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major

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b. 39

composition: Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major

 on 3rd beat in Ai

 on 2nd beat in A (→GE), FE & EE
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Same as in bar 37, in the main text we give the later pedalling of A and editions.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 39-49

composition: Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major

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In CDP, there are no pedalling marks until the end of the Etude. We do not consider it a real "variant" of the indications and we do not include this source in the notes concerning pedalling.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors of CDP

b. 40-41

composition: Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major

No markings in AI

 in A (→GE), FE & EE
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The whole-bar pedals of AI is the original concept, detailed by Chopin at the time of preparing the Etude for publication.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

b. 44-48

composition: Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major

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In EE there is no marking of the pedal embracing the final passages of the Etude, which is certainly an oversight.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in EE

b. 48-49

composition: Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major

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In AI there are no pedalling marks in these bars. The absence of  cancelling the pedal taken at the beginning of bar 44 is not surprising in the original, shorter version of the ending (see another note to bars 48-49). Holding the pedal until the end of the piece is, however, possible also after considering the ending written in AI, so that the absence of indications in this autograph does not have to be considered as an oversight.

category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: No pedal release mark