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 – see Prelude in C no. 1. Chopin had no part in preparing the edition.
In the Prelude in F
minor the following changes, among others, were introduced by EE1:
- the horizontal accents were replaced with vertical ones in b. 1; at the same time, the third was overlooked;
- an inaccurate revision of accidentals was carried out – quite a few overlooked accidentals were not remedied, e.g. in b. 1-4; in turn, e.g. a cautionary
before a2 in b. 1 and a few others were added, not always justified (e.g. in b. 10, 11).
A few errors were also committed:
- the restoring f2 in b. 9 was overlooked;
- in the 2nd half of bar 12, the first L.H. semiquaver is b
intsead of a.
| Original in: | Pierpont Morgan Library, New York |
| Shelf-mark: | Fuld |