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Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

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b. 113-124

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

Pedalling in GE

No markings in FE (→EE)
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In the main text we include the pedal markings of GE, entered probably into [A] after [FC] had already been finished.

category imprint: Differences between sources

b. 128-130

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

2 pedals 2 bars each in GE

Pedal for 4 bars in FE (→EE)
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In the main text we give the pedal markings of our principal source, i.e. FE (→EE), typical of Chopin. As Chopin did not repeat those pedal markings in further, analogous places, the indications of GE, almost certainly authentic, can be considered an equivalent variant.
GE2 overlooked the  mark in b. 128, which does not influence the meaning of the markings.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE

b. 131

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

on first beat in GE & EE

on 2nd beat in FE
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The placement of the  mark in FE must be inaccurate and was corrected in EE.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , Inaccuracies in FE

b. 142-144

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

No markings in GE

Pedalling in FE (→EE)
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The pedal markings of FE (→EE) in b. 142 and 144, whose authenticity cannot be denied, were most probably entered by Chopin into the basis for FE. It is indicated by the trace of correction visible in analogous b. 162 where the  sign was moved one beat earlier in print – its initial misplacement was probably due to misinterpretation of the manuscript.
In the main text we place the second  sign analogously to the first. In FE it is clearly printed too far.
Similarly complemented pedalling can also be seen in FE (→EE) in bars 201-204 and 221-223.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Inaccuracies in FE

b. 162-164

composition: Op. 44, Polonaise in F♯ minor

No markings in GE

Pedalling in FE (→EE)

Pedalling suggested by the editors
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The pedal markings in b. 162 and 164 were probably introduced by Chopin into the basis for FE (→EE). In the former one can see in FE traces of the  mark having been moved a beat earlier in print, while misplacing a mark is much more likely when reproducing a manuscript than an entry in a proof copy. The first  mark is placed in FE (→EE) after the 1st quaver in b. 163, which must be inaccurate. In the main text we standardise the pedal markings of both bars (cf. b. 142-144 and 201-204).

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Authentic corrections of FE