A varied approach to the pedalling in bars 68-69 and 72-73 draws attention. In A (→FE→EE) in bar 68 there are no indications, which are written only in bar 69. In an analogous situation four bars later, it is the other way round – pedalling is present in bar 72, yet not in bar 73. One can ponder whether it was a mistake and whether the pedal was not supposed to concern bar 73 (see a note in this bar), which seems to be more natural. There are two arguments against this suggestion:
- the visible in A (most probably – the photograph does not give an absolute certainty) correction at the beginning of bar 73, extending the f to the value of a minim. The procedure provides a long enough dying out of the bass note;
- a possibility of omitting the pedalling in bar 72 in FE and then its readdition – perhaps by Chopin – in the last proofreading (it is indicated by the absence of these indications in GE).
Taking into consideration the above, in the main text we leave the pedalling of A (→FE→EE).
category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources
issues: Errors in GE, Authentic corrections of FE
notation: Pedalling
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