FE1 - First French edition
| Publisher: | M. Schlesinger |
| Date: | XII 1835 |
| Plate number: | M.S. 1070 |
| Title: | Quatre Mazurkas || No 1. | Mazurka |
| Dedication: | Monsieur le Comte de Perthuis |
In the FE of the Mazurkas Op. 24 no impressions differing in the musical text have been detected. Still, we need to mention that no copy has been found of the album containing, among other pieces, Chopin's Opus 24 published in December 1835 (we know about the existence of that album from a press announcement). The earliest known copies of FE1, including the one presented here, date back to January 1836 and bear traces of corrections made in print. Therefore it is not unlikely that the version in the album did not have all those changes. There are copies with different covers or printed with a different printing technique.
FE1 is based on a proof copy of GE1 and was corrected by Chopin who (typically) introduced a number of changes. Some major changes include adding of the d1 note in the chord in bar 13 and lowering the bass by an octave in bar 33, and also changes in phrasing in bars 18-19, 30-31 and 36-37. The correction of rhythmic values in bars 34 and 42 is also worth mentioning.
The presented copy has a hand-written dedication à Mlle Marie Wodżyńska. FFChopin attached to the cover with glue. It was purchased in 1953 from Teresa Orpiszewska, grand-daughter of Maria Wodzińska.
| Original in: | Fryderyk Chopin Museum, Warsaw |
| Shelf-mark: | M/70 (D/481) |
