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. 21, Prelude in B♭ major
Sources
- Autograph
- Fontana's copy
- 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 the Prelude in B
, one can see quite numerous corrections, e.g.:
- upbeat having been crossed out, and the tempo-character indication having been changed from Andante to Cantabile;
- change of the melody rhythm in b. 6,
- pedal having been prolonged in b. 12-13 and 22-23,
- bass note having been moved an octave lower in b. 33.
The flaws are mainly overlooked accidentals, e.g. in b. 18-20 or 21-22, as well as a rhythmic mistake – incomplete bar in the R.H. – in b. 4.
| Original in: | Biblioteka Narodowa, Warsaw |
| Shelf-mark: | Mus. 93 |
