Leaving bar 527 without expressed bass note – it is also absent in the orchestral part – is possible, yet it implies inadvertence or mistake, since in three similar places (bars 155-157, 171-173 and 510-512) the bass note is held with pedal throughout at least two bars. The version of GE, in which pedal in bar 526 is actually the last pedalling marking of that theme (to bar 533), only increases the doubts. It could have been the original version, left inadvertently in [A] and then corrected in FE in a simplified manner (without removing marks). One can even imagine that Chopin wrote only 
in bar 526 as a general reminder (con pedale), and the 
mark is a routine addition of the engraver. In this situation, in the main text we suggest two pedalling options (in variant form):
- the one that is actually present in FE in these bars, yet it may not fully correspond to Chopin's intention;
- the undoubtedly authentic pedalling of analogous bars 171-173.
category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions
issues: Authentic corrections of FE
notation: Pedalling
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