EE1 - First English edition
| Publisher: | Wessel & Co. |
| Date: | I 1840 |
| Plate number: | (W & Co. No. 3099.) |
| 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 the Prelude in D
, the following changes were introduced, among others:
- the rhythmic values of the irregular groups in b. 4 and 23 were changed from quavers to semiquavers;
- a
lowering c1 to c1 in b. 12 was added (overlooked by Chopin); - the R.H. slur in b. 58-59 was prolonged.
The most serious errors committed in EE1 are mistaken key signatures in bars 28-49 – 6 sharps on the upper staff in bars 28-49, and 5 sharps on the lower staff in bars 28-43. Other errors include a superfluous dot extending the c1 minim in bar 4 or misleading staccato dots in bars 58-59.
| Original in: | Pierpont Morgan Library, New York |
| Shelf-mark: | Fuld |