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A - Autograph
FC - Fontana's copy
FE - French edition
FE1 - First French edition
FED - Dubois copy
FES - Stirling copy
FESf - Schiffmacher copy
GE - German edition
GE1 - First German edition
GE2 - Second German edition
GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2
EE - English edition
EE1 - First English edition
EE2 - Revised impression of EE1
EE3 - Corrected impression of EE2
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  b. 65-76

No markings in A

Pedalling in #CF (→GE) & FE (→EE)

A does not have pedal markings in bars 65-116, 197-248 & 648-707 (in the manuscripts bars 648-695 are marked in an abbreviated manner as a repetition of bars 197-244). Subsequently, Chopin added them in FC (→GE1) in bars 65-104 & 197-248, and in FE (→EE) in bars 65-116 & 697-707. In FC he did so in a more studied manner, as a rule carefully indicating one pedal for each pair of bars based on single harmony; this is testified by a few deletions of unnecessary, hastily written signs (see also commentary to bars 65-117 about supplements of dynamic markings). Nonetheless, Chopin did not avoid two inaccuracies: he added an unnecessary change of pedal in bars 225-226 (analogous bars 93-94 have one pedal), and omitted an indispensable change in bars 235-236. In FE the pedalling is more mechanical – only bars 65-66, 81-82, 97-98, 110-111, 113-114 & 697-698 do not have a change of pedal within a single harmony. In the main text we accept the pedalling in FC, corrected in the aforementioned places and supplemented according to FE and analogous bars. A few complements were also made in GE2 (→GE3) – the pedalling from bars 237-248 was copied to analogous bars 105-116.

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category imprint: Differences between sources; Corrections & alterations

issues: Authentic corrections of FE, Authentic corrections of FC

notation: Pedalling

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