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Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

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Issues : No pedal release mark

b. 152

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

No sign in GC (→GE) & FE (→EE)

[] suggested by the editors
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We suggest adding the  sign, overlooked in the sources, in accordance with the harmonic sense at the end of this bar. However, it cannot be excluded that Chopin considered here a change of the pedalling scheme from the previous bars, e.g., due to the lower register of the R.H. part.

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: No pedal release mark

b. 198-204

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

 in GC & GE2

No markings in FE (→EE) & GE1

Pedalling suggested by the editors
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 in bar 198 is the last sign of pedalling, added and non-deleted by Chopin in GC (in the middle of the next bar one can see a deleted sign, which could have been a  asterisk). It is hard to decide what the reason for stopping the entries could have been, yet the most likely answer seems to be distraction. In any case, it certainly does not mean that one should stop using the pedal. In the main text we add indications on the basis of the authentic pedalling in similar bars 70-80. In GE1 the last written sign was considered to be a mistake and hence omitted, it was however reinstated in GE2. 

category imprint: Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

issues: GE revisions , No pedal release mark , Authentic corrections in GC

b. 234

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

    in GC & EE

   in FE

No pedalling in GE
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The absence of the last  sign in FE is most probably an oversight of the engraver of FE (the sign was added in EE). We also regard as an undoubted mistake the total omission of the pedalling in GE (cf. the note on the accent).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Errors in FE , Errors in GE , No pedal release mark

b. 241

composition: Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor, Mvt I

in GC

No sign in FE (→EE) & GE
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Chopin omitted  signs quite frequently at the end of pieces. In this case, however, the oversights by the engravers of FE (→EE) and GE are more probable.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE , Errors in GE , No pedal release mark