Pieces included in the source:
Prelude C major op. 28 nr 1
Prelude A minor op. 28 nr 2
Prelude G major op. 28 nr 3
Prelude E minor op. 28 nr 4
Prelude D major op. 28 nr 5
Prelude B minor op. 28 nr 6
Prelude A major op. 28 nr 7
Prelude F-sharp minor op. 28 nr 8
Prelude E major op. 28 nr 9
Prelude C-sharp minor op. 28 nr 10
Prelude B major op. 28 nr 11
Prelude G-sharp minor op. 28 nr 12
Prelude F-sharp major op. 28 nr 13
Prelude E-flat minor op. 28 nr 14
Prelude D-flat major op. 28 nr 15
Prelude B-flat minor op. 28 nr 16
Prelude A-flat major op. 28 nr 17
Prelude F minor op. 28 nr 18
Prelude E-flat major op. 28 nr 19
Prelude C minor op. 28 nr 20
Prelude B-flat major op. 28 nr 21
Prelude G minor op. 28 nr 22
Prelude F major op. 28 nr 23
Prelude D minor op. 28 nr 24
Title: Vingt-quatre Préludes
Type of the source: Stichvorlage copy
Copyist: Julian Fontana
Dedication: a Mr Camille Pleyel par son ami
Number of pages: 37
Location: lost
Sound Library NIFC: F. 503
First Editions:
Notes:
Copy with plate number of the B&H first edition (6088). Title page with dedication consistent with the Catelin first edition: Vingt-quatre Préludes pour le Piano dediés à son ami J. C. Kessler [dedication crossed out and replaced with: Mr Camille Pleyel par son ami] par F. Chopin. Layout of musical text is consistent with the autograph. Source now lost, known exclusively from a 1939 IFC photograph now kept in Dresden.
Other sources:
Prelude G major op. 28 nr 3; Copy (Julian Fontana)
Preludes Op. 28 No. 2 & 4; Sketch
Prelude E-flat minor op. 28 nr 14; Sketch
Prelude A-flat major op. 28 nr 17; Incipit
Prelude A-flat major op. 28 nr 17; Copy (Julian Fontana)
Preludes Op. 28; Stichvorlage autograph
Prelude C minor op. 28 nr 20; Presentation autograph
Prelude C minor op. 28 nr 20; Presentation autograph
