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A - Autograph

FC - Fontana's copy

FE - French edition

FE1 - First French edition

FE2 - Corrected impression of FE1

FED - Dubois copy

FEJ - Jędrzejewicz Copy

FES - Stirling copy

FESch - Scherbatoff copy

GE - German edition

GE1 - First German edition

GE2 - Revised impression of GE1

GE3 - Corrected impression of GE2

EE - English edition

EE1 - First English edition

EE1a - Corrected impression of EE1

EE2 - Revised impression of EE1a

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b. 39

		on 6th quaver in A, probable reading
		on 5th quaver in A (another reading→FC)
		on 2nd beat in FE (→EE) & GE
		on 3rd beat, possible reading of A
		[ ] suggested by the editors
		on 3rd beat, our alternative suggestion

As was the case in b. 7, of which this bar is a repetition, the interpretation of the pedalling markings in the manuscripts is problematic. In addition to two most likely interpretations of A (versions A and FC), we suggest one more possible interpretation and two contextual interpretations modelled on the pedalling markings written by Chopin in similar situations in b. 37 or 25.

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category imprint: Graphic ambiguousness; Differences between sources; Editorial revisions

notation: Pedalling

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Op. 28 No. 19, Prelude in E♭ major