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 Chopin wrote, by mistake, a dot extending the g
minim in b. 7. However, the most significant defect is the inaccurately written bottom note of the semiquaver chord in b. 18, which can be interpreted as f or g. The interpretation of marks – long accents (?), 
hairpins (?) – under subsequent R.H. semiquaver groups is also problematic – see b. 1-14.
It seems that the crossed-out chord on the 2nd beat of b. 4 was initially written with a b minim, like in b. 12.
| Original in: | Biblioteka Narodowa, Warsaw |
| Shelf-mark: | Mus. 93 |
