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 Prelude in C no. 1. Chopin had no part in preparing the edition.

Except fingerings, in the Prelude in D major a cautionary  before A in b. 5 and 21 was added. In addition, the ambiguous pedal markings in b. 14-16 are noteworthy. 

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