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Op. 28 No. 19, Prelude in E♭ major

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p. 3, b. 49-71
p. 1, b. 1-24
p. 2, b. 25-48
p. 3, b. 49-71
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  b. 69-71

No sign in A

in FC & FE

 in GE

   in EE

The  asterisk, added both in FC (→GE) and FE (→EE), cannot be authentic. The notation of A implies that the pedal depressed on the 3rd beat of b. 68 should be held to the end of the Prelude; moreover, both the sonic effect of such pedalling and no final  mark are typical of Chopin and are to be found in the endings of a number of his compositions. The individual sources slightly differ in the placement of this , hence we assume that there are two slightly different versions.
The pedalling in the last bar is an arbitrary revision of EE.

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category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions, FE revisions, Fontana's revisions

notation: Pedalling

Missing markers on sources: A, FC, EE1, EE2, FE1, FE2, FED, FEJ, FES, FESch, GE1, GE2, GE3, EE1a
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