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Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt III

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Issues : No pedal release mark

b. 369-371

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt III

No markings in FE (→GE1→GE2)

​​​​​​​ in EE

  ​​​​ in GE3

[  ​​​​ ] suggested by the editors
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An isolated  mark left at the beginning of bar 369 is almost certainly an oversight. Due to harmonic reasons, the pedal must be changed before bar 370, whereas performing any of the brilliant passages without pedal is inconceivable in this eventful fragment. Bar 360 opens a new page in FE, which favours such inaccuracies. Therefore, in the main text we add both a ​​​​​​​ mark at the end of bar 369 and a two-bar pedal in bars 370-371. The former was introduced already in EE, while GE3 introduced both.   

category imprint: Editorial revisions

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

b. 441-443

composition: Op. 11, Concerto in E minor, Mvt III

 only in FE (→GE1→GE2)

    in EE

No pedalling in GE3

   [] suggested by the editors
..

Just like in bars 197-198, the absence of the ​​​​​​​ mark in FE (→GE1→GE2) probably is not a mistake. The pedal is most probably supposed to be released at the end of bar 442 or at the beginning of bar 443, which may be suggested by the hold of the bass minim. The former was indicated in EE, whereas in GE3 there is no pedalling at all, which is most probably a mistake of the engraver. The mark suggested by us indicates an approximate moment of pedal release, leaving its specification to the discretion of the performer.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

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