FE1 - First French edition


Publisher: Maurice Schlesinger
Date: XII 1837
Plate number: M. S. 2489
Title: Quatre Mazurkas
Dedication: Madame la Princesse de Wurtemberg née Princesse Czartoryska

FE1 was based on the lost autograph [A] and was corrected by Chopin. The most significant Chopinesque change is a new ending of the Mazurka, bar 64. We regard the change of the chord on the 3rd beat of bar 48 as an improvement as well. 

FE1 contains a few mistakes, some were probably repeated after [A], e.g.:

  • the rhythmic mistake – most probably overlooked quaver flag to d2 in bar 8;
  • overlooked accidentals – sharps to e1 in bar 31 and 63,  to g2 in bar 39, 45 and 47.
Original in: The Fryderyk Chopin Institute Library, Warsaw
Shelf-mark: 6596/n