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Op. 25 No 1, Etude in A♭ major

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Issues : No pedal release mark

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

b. 49

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

No marking in AI, A (→GE) & FE

 in EE
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Both in the original and final version the Etude ends without the  mark. Chopin would eagerly use such notation, additionally suggesting the sound atmosphere of the ending. The fact of adding the sign in EE is undoubtedly a revision of the editor.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , No pedal release mark