EE1 - First English edition


Publisher: Wessel & Co.
Date: I 1840
Plate number: (W & Co. No. 3098.)
Title: Twenty four Grand Préludes through all Keys
Dedication: His Friend Camille Pleyel

First English edition in which the whole Op. 28 was divided into two fascicules bearing consecutive plate numbers (3098 & 3099), and containing respectively 14 and 10 preludes. EE1 is based on FE2, with some arbitrary revisions, i.a. the fingering added in this and some other preludes – see the Prelude in C no. 1. Chopin had no part in preparing the edition.

In this Prelude, except several dozen fingering digits having been added, EE1 did not introduce any significant changes. In turn, mistakes were committed – the arpeggio sign before the R.H. chord was placed in b. 7 instead of b. 8, and leggiero in b. 28 was overlooked.

Original in: Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
Shelf-mark: Fuld