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As - Autograph sketch
AI - Autograph Rothschild
A - Autograph
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
FES - Stirling copy
GE - German Edition
GE1op - First German edition of Op. 64
GE1no2 - First German edition of Waltz No 2
GE2op - Second German edition of Op. 64
GE2no2 - Second German edition of Waltz No 2
GE3op - Corrected impression of GE2op
EE - English Edition
EEC - Earliest English edition
EEW1 - First English edition
EEW2 - Revised impression of EEW1
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  b. 75-76

No  in A

 in FE (→EE,GE1no2,GE1opGE2opGE3op)

Two pedals in GE2no2

[] suggested by the editors

The absence of the  asterisk after  at the beginning of bar 75 in A is probably a result of corrections of the part of the L.H. in both discussed bars – cf. bars 75-76. It is highly likely that the  sign in A was written at the end of bar 75, whereas the bass note at the beginning of bar 76 was a g. Return to g and other changes made Chopin delete this sign, however, no other was introduced instead. In FE (→GE,EE) the sign was reinstated in the place where Chopin deleted it, which suggests that it was a routine revision activity. The need for a longer sustention of pedal is supported by, according to us, the change introduced in the proofreading of FE, as a result of which the repetition of the bass note in bar 76 was eliminated. In this case, in the main text we do not include the  sign in FE, concerning another version, but we suggest holding the pedal until the end of bar 76.
The new pedal in bar 76 is an arbitrary addition of the reviser of #GE3no2. 

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions; Corrections & alterations

issues: FE revisions

notation: Pedalling

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