Op. 2, Variations in B♭ major
Op. 10, 12 Etudes
Op. 11, Concerto in E minor
Op. 21, Concerto in F minor
Op. 22, Polonaise in E♭ major
Op. 24, 4 Mazurkas
Op. 25, 12 Etudes
Op. 26, 2 Polonaises
Op. 27, 2 Nocturnes
Op. 28, 24 Preludes
Op. 30, 4 Mazurkas
Op. 35, Sonata in B♭ minor
Op. 50, 3 Mazurkas
Op. 63, 3 Mazurkas
Op. 64, 3 Waltzes
Op. 28 No. 7, Prelude in A major
Sources
- Autograph
- Fontana's copy
- Copy of earlier version
- Copy by George Sand
- French edition
- First French edition
- Corrected impression of FE1
- Dubois copy
- Jędrzejewicz Copy
- Stirling copy
- Scherbatoff copy
- German edition
- First German edition
- Revised impression of GE1
- Corrected impression of GE2
- English edition
- First English edition
- Corrected impression of EE1
- Revised impression of EE1a
A - Autograph
| Date: | 22 I 1839 |
| Title: | 24 Préludes |
| Dedication: | Son ami J. C. Kessler |
Autograph fair-copy of all 24 Preludes, sent from Majorca on January 22, 1839 to Julian Fontana for copying. A served as the basis for the first French edition. Many deletions and corrections together with a considerable number of various errors and inaccuracies represent the work devoted by Chopin to A but also the effort the completion of such a large manuscript demanded from the ailing composer. A more detailed description of A as a whole – see Prelude in C no. 1.
In this Prelude we can see more significant corrections at the beginning of the piece (change of tempo from Lento to Andantino), in b. 13 and 15 (bass notes moved an octave lower) and in b. 16 – the 
mark having been crossed out at the end of the piece.
In two places Chopin forgot to write a necessary accidental – in b. 11 there is no 
raising d2 to d
2, while in b. 13 there is no 
restoring a1.
| Original in: | Biblioteka Narodowa, Warsaw |
| Shelf-mark: | Mus. 93 |
