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Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

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b. 87-88

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

No markings in A

   in bar 88 in FE

   in GE & EE
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 at the beginning of b. 87 is the only pedal marking in these bars in A. It is almost certainly an oversight by Chopin, who resumed writing markings after transitioning to a new line. FE (→GE,EE) added markings in b. 88, most probably at Chopin's request, while GE and EE also added a  at the end of b. 87.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: EE revisions , GE revisions , Authentic corrections of FE , No pedal release mark , Inaccuracies in A

b. 166

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

Pedalling in A

No markings in FE (→GE,EE)
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The missing pedalling in FE (→GE,EE) must be a mistake by the engraver of FE; most probably, he did not notice the  mark in A, inserted quite far from the text.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in FE

b. 179

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

in A (→FE→EE,GE1→GE1a)

No marking in GE2 (→GE3→GE4)
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The missing  asterisk is another mistake of GE2 caused by graphic retouches (the first is the distorted slur). The subsequent impressions did not notice the mistake.

category imprint: Differences between sources

issues: Errors in GE , Errors repeated in GE

b. 182

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

No markings in sources

Pedalling suggested by the editors
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In A, the omission of the pedal markings could have been a side effect of the corrections implemented in the L.H. part – Chopin wrote here, most probably by mistake, a broken E major chord, as in b. 181. In the 1st half of the bar, it was enough to correct the written-down text, while in the 2nd half, probably due to another mistake, the composer had to rewrite the entire figure on the stave below. The mistake could have been noticed while adding pedal markings; having finished the corrections, Chopin resumed entering pedal markings from the next line.

In the main text we suggest adding markings after the previous bars. 

category imprint: Editorial revisions

issues: Errors resulting from corrections

b. 185

composition: Op. 23, Ballade in G minor

at end of bar in sources

 under b, our alternative suggestion
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The  asterisk having been removed at the end of the bar in A and added under b, as in b. 180-181, is a reason for the suggested alternative version of pedalling. As Chopin considered a whole-bar pedal unsuitable for b. 184, there is no visible reason to apply it in b. 185, which is almost identical. Actually, there is a number of situations in which Chopin omits an intended correction in one of a few places, cf., e.g. the Etude in E, Op. 10 No. 3, b. 33, Prelude in B, Op. 28 No. 21, b. 36 or the Concerto in E minor, Op. 11, I mov., b. 50-51.

category imprint: Interpretations within context; Editorial revisions

issues: Omitted correction of an analogous place