GE1 - First German edition


Publisher: Breitkopf & Härtel
Date: IX 1839
Plate number: 6088
Title: Vingt-quatre Préludes
Dedication: Son ami J. C. Kessler

GE1 is based on FC, Chopin took no part in its preparation. In the entire Op. 28 GE1 contains many adjustments and errors – see Prelude in no. 1. There are copies of GE1 which have differing covers, and the edition was also published in a version of 4 fascicules containing 6 preludes each.

In this Prelude the more prominent defects include:

  • a instead of c1 in the 2nd half of b. 3,
  • overlooked ties to the common notes of the R.H. chords in b. 3,
  • erroneous  having been added in b. 22 and 30,
  • più animato overlooked in b. 28-31.
Original in: Jan Ekier private collection, Warsaw
Shelf-mark: II.6