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GC - Gutmann's Copy
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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  b. 69-70

 in GC, less likely reading

 in GC (more likely reading, →GE) & EE

 in FE

The  sign in GC is written under the fcrotchet, yet between the rests in the L.H. However, the fact of writing it between, and not under the staves, clearly suggests that it refers to the part of the R.H. Unfortunately, it does not completely solve the issue of its location, as the crotchet ending the run was initially written strictly over the 1st rest in the L.H. and then deleted and written again slightly later (the first version was erroneously written as d4). Hence, if Chopin had written this pedalling before correcting this note, the  sign is to be placed after it, but if the order of corrections was reversed – under it. According to us, the second possibility is much more likely, it is even possible that Chopin noticed the copyist's error, attempting to write an asterisk ending this four-bar pedal. Moreover, the interpretation is closer to the interpretation of Chopin pedalling in base texts to EE and FE.

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category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections in GC

notation: Pedalling

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