A
Main text
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. 26-27

Pedalling in A (→FE,FCGE)

Pedalling in EE

Pedalling after bars 18-19 suggested by the editors

Our alternative suggestion

Our variant suggestion

Performing the 3rd beat of b. 26 and the 1st beat of b. 27 with one pedal is inconceivable in the sonic atmosphere of the Prelude, although it is difficult to state what misled Chopin and which pedalling markings he wanted to insert here. According to us, it is most likely that it was to be the initial pedalling in b. 18-19: . Chopin could have wanted to forgo the first change of pedal in b. 27 (after b. 25: ), yet he wrote the pedal encompassing 2 beats a triplet too early.

In the main text we give the unequivocal, final pedalling of analogous b. 18-19. As an alternative solution, we give the literally interpreted version of A, supplemented with a pedal change between b. 26-27, as well as a variant version, which includes both aforementioned possibilities.
The version of EE is either an arbitrary revision or a mistake. 

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

issues: EE revisions, Errors of A

notation: Pedalling

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