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b. 86
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composition: Op. 28 No. 15, Prelude in D♭ major
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The interpretation of pedal markings in this bar presents difficulties. The category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources issues: Inaccuracies in FE , Inaccuracies in FC , Inaccuracies in A |
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b. 87
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composition: Op. 28 No. 15, Prelude in D♭ major
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The Chopinesque manner of writing semibreves in the middle of the bar, now almost completely abandoned (cf. General Editorial Principles, p. 24), was used in this bar to indicate that the accent refers to e category imprint: Differences between sources; Source & stylistic information issues: Long accents , Errors in FE , Errors of FC |
sign occurs before the 2nd beat, and the 
sign seems to pertain to the 3rd beat, which we give as the literal reading. However, the slight distance between the signs does not suggest a gap in pedalling. The remaining sources interpreted this as a pedal change in the middle of the bar, which may be considered justified in the light of the above observations. In the editors' opinion, the pedal change should be linked rather with the d
1 suspension being resolved to c1, and therefore, we suggest the appropriate notation in the main text.
