FE1 - First French edition
| Publisher: | Adolphe Catelin et Cie |
| Date: | VIII 1839 |
| Plate number: | Ad. C. (560) et Cie |
| Title: | 24 Préludes |
| Dedication: | Son ami Camille Pleyel |
First French edition based on A, in which the whole cycle of Preludes was divided in two books, 12 pieces each. Chopin did not participate in its preparation – proofreading of FE1, which included supplemented accidentals and pedaling, was conducted by Julian Fontana. For a general description of FE1 in the entire Op. 28 – see Prelude in C no. 1.
In this Prelude the very numerous, patent oversights of accidentals were not remedied. In turn, a few, not entirely obvious changes were introduced:
- a
restoring a1 in b. 4 was added, - the dashes marking the range of the cresc. were extended to the middle of b. 12,
- a
restoring g
2 in b. 21 was added, - a restoring d3 in b. 23 was added,
- in b. 25-26 the 6 long accents were replaced with 8 short ones.
Among the defects one can mention the erroneous notes in b. 1-2, the mistaken in b. 8, the necessary accidentals omitted while writing out in full the abridged notation of A in b. 22, and inaccuracies in reproducing dynamic markings – not always precise – and R.H. slurs (yet the overlooked L.H. slur in b. 10 was added).
| Original in: | Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris |
| Shelf-mark: | Ac.p. 2710 |