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The missing 
asterisk in the sources does not have to be Chopin's oversight. In such descending figurations preceded with a bass note, we often encounter notation without this mark, which suggests that the composer resorted to such notation either when he did not want to specify the moment the pedal should be released or when he could not decide on one of the versions, cf., e.g. the Etude in D
, Op. 25 No. 8, bars 19-20, 27 or the Waltz in C
minor, Op. 64 No. 2, bars 15-16. On the other hand, there is a number of places (e.g. among the above examples) in which Chopin added a mark in some sources, probably to avoid a too long or a too short pedal. Guided by similar motives, in the main text we indicate a possible pedal release in a place in which the shape of the L.H. figuration changes, thus exposing the bass line more clearly (according to Chopin's intention probably gradually, which is indicated by the subsequent change of notation in bar 370).
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category imprint: Editorial revisions
issues: No pedal release mark
notation: Pedalling