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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 - Another copy 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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No sign in GC (→GE1) & EE1

 in FE, GE1 & GE2 (→GE3)

 in GE2 (→GE3)

 suggested by the editors

The correction of the  to the  sign in GC seems to be puzzling:

  • it can be a change introduced by Chopin; its aim – apart from adding  – was most probably extension of pedal, although Chopin did not introduce a new  sign; 
  • it can be an autocorrection of the copyist rewriting the version transferred by EE. Having noticed his mistake – the notation of the  sign, performed "run-on" (Gutmann started writing even another  sign) and omission of  – the copyist corrected both mistakes with one correction.

In the first case, it is the longer pedalling that is compatible with Chopin's later intention, in the second one  – the chronology of the changes is uncertain. The piano arguments are for the version with the longer pedal and  as the one that Chopin could have considered to be better, as the increased sound volume corresponds to crescendo introducing the culminant .

GE1 does not include the correction in GC described above – considering perhaps that the  sign must be there, so that the notation remains faultless. EE1 includes a text which is generally compatible with GC, yet in EE2 (→EE3 was added on the basis of FE.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections in GC

notation: Pedalling

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