EE1 - First English edition


Publisher: Wessel & Co.
Date: I 1840
Plate number: (W & Co. No. 3099.)
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, i. a. the fingering added in this and few other preludes (nos 3, 5, 6, 13, 21 and 24). Chopin had no part in preparing the edition.

The fingerings added in this Prelude are surprisingly detailed, which is supported by, e.g. a comparison with the Chopinesque entries to FED. For example, L.H. fingerings were provided both in b. 3 and in the pianistically identical figures in b. 7.

Original in: Pierpont Morgan Library, New York
Shelf-mark: Fuld