CGS - Copy by George Sand


Date: (VIII 1839-1854)
Title: [Prélude]
Dedication: None

Copy made by George Sand (photocopy in: K. Kobylańska, Rękopisy utworów Chopina, Cracow 1977), the second of six Preludes copied by the novelist in a comprehensive album containing pieces by various composers, written by different persons. CGS was probably prepared on the basis of FE2, which is supported by the following arguments:

  • similar division of the text into lines – differences do not appear until the 4th line, in which FE fitted in 6 bars, which was not feasible in the copy;
  • high compliance between the text of both sources – the differences can be easily explained by oversights (above all, the majority of the hairpins are missing) or inaccuracies (the pedal markings and hairpins in b. 13-14);
  • characteristic coincidences (in terms of text) in the remaining Preludes copied by George Sand, e.g. in the Prelude in E no. 9.

Dating – see the Prelude in A minor no. 2.

Original in: Pivate collection
Shelf-mark: None