GE1 - First German edition


Publisher: Breitkopf & Härtel
Date: IX 1839
Plate number: 6088
Title: Vingt-quatre Préludes
Dedication: Son ami J. C. Kessler

GE1 is based on FC, Chopin took no part in its preparation. There are copies of GE1 which have differing covers, and the edition was also published in a version of 4 fascicules containing 6 preludes each.

In GE1 a number of revisions were introduced:

  • overlooked accidentals were added – a  before f1 in b. 12 and a  before f and a  before e in b. 75,
  • cautionary accidentals were added, e.g. naturals before f1(2) in b. 13.

In spite of revision, a few mistakes were committed, e.g.:

  • a instead of b as the 5th quaver in b. 2e instead of c as the top note of the 1st crotchet in b. 30,
  • missing additional crotchet stem next to g in b. 19.
Original in: Jan Ekier private collection, Warsaw
Shelf-mark: II.6