Preludes, Op.28 (Chopin, Frédéric)
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| Composer Page | Chopin, Frédéric | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Movements/Sections | 24 pieces | ||
| Composition Year | 1838-1839 | ||
| Genre Categories | Preludes; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player; For cello, piano (arr); For 2 players; Scores featuring the cello; For piano (arr); For violin, piano (arr); Scores featuring the violin; For organ (arr); Scores featuring the organ; For narrator, piano (arr); Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring a narrator; For voices with keyboard |
Performances
Piano Recordings
Complete
Complete Performance
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Cecile Licad (piano)
Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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No.1 in C major
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No.2 in A minor
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No.3 in G major
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No.4 in E minor
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No.5 in D major
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No.6 in B minor
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No.7 in A major
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No.9 in E major
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No.10 in C♯ minor
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No.11 in B major
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No.12 in G♯ minor
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No.13 in F♯ major
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No.14 in E♭ minor
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No.15 in D♭ major 'Raindrop'
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No.17 in A♭ major
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No.18 in C minor
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No.20 in C minor
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No.21 in B♭ major
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No.22 in G minor
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No.23 in F major
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No.24 in D minor
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Ivan Ilić (Piano)
Paris: Ivan Ilić
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Recorded by Judith Carpentier-Dupont in Paris, October 2005
Selections
No.4 in E minor
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No.6 in B minor
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No.9 in E major
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No.20 in C minor
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Paul Cantrell, piano
Paul Music (performer website)
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Prelude No.15 in D♭ major "Raindrop"
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MP3 file (audio)
Uploader: MassMusician (25 July 2010)
Thomas B. Dawkins
Thomas B. Dawkins
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Scores
Piano Scores
Complete
Complete Score (Preview)
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PDF file, Scanned by Chopin Early Editions
Uploader: piupianissimo (21 November 2010)
First edition
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(ca.1839). Plate 6088.
Originally scanned at about 200dpi color, converted to 600dpi monochrome.
The score should get cleaned to get a perfectly reprintable version, but I'm lazy. If I get asked for it from many people I may take the time.
Performer's Edition (US users) — Petrucci-Merton (non-US users)
Complete score
*#86359 - 2.47MB, 37 (#489-525) pages - 8.0/10 (2) - V/V/V - 6570x⇩
Herrmann Scholtz (1845-1918)
Fr. Chopin Sämtliche Pianoforte-Werke, Band II
Leipzig: C.F. Peters, n.d.[1879]. Plate 6206.
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Complete Score (scan) (Preview)
*#84752 - 7.02MB, 36 (#161—196) pages - 10.0/10 (2) - V/V/V - 7227x⇩
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Uploader: piupianissimo (14 November 2010)
Complete Score (filter) (Preview)
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Uploader: piupianissimo (14 November 2010)
Karl Klindworth (1830–1916)
Oeuvres complètes de Frédéric Chopin - Band 2
Berlin: Bote & Bock, n.d.(1880). Plate 12262.
scan: score scanned at 600dpi
filter: score filtered with 2-point algorithm explained in High Quality Scanning
I provide the original scanned version and the filtered, because the filter does some changes (smoothening, sharpening borders) and some portions of the scan get lost sometimes (when they are too small e.g.) - so you can choose your favorite. You may ask me for a manually cleaned version.
Performer's Edition (US users) — Petrucci-Merton (non-US users)
Complete Score
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PDF file, Scanned by Library of Congress
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Theodor Kullak (1818–1882)
Albert Ross Parsons (1847–1933)
Friedrich Chopin. Klavierwerke. Instructive Ausgabe, Vol.II: Préludes
Berlin: Schlesinger'sche Buch-und Musikhandlung, 1882. Plate S. 7287.
Co-issue - New York: G. Schirmer, 1882.
Original scans: 400dpi, black and white, losslessly-compressed tif images, around 4600 by 5600 pixels. Re-sampled to 600dpi, cleaned up, and deskewed.
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Complete Score
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Uploader: Cypressdome (29 July 2011)
Carl Mikuli (1819-1897)
Complete Works for Piano, Vol.8: Preludes and Rondos
New York: G. Schirmer, 1895. Plate 11752–11774.
Reissue – Vol.9 LMC 1547, 1915.
Original scans: 300dpi, grayscale jpg2000 files approximately 2600 by 3450 pixels. Converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, re-sampled to 600dpi, and set uniform margins.
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Complete Score
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Raoul Pugno (1852–1914)
Préludes & Rondos
Vienna: Universal Edition, n.d. [ca.1905].
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Complete Score
*#63317 - 13.36MB, 53 (tp, ii, #1-50) pages - 6.2/10 (4) - V/V/V - 4944x⇩
Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
Œuvres completes pour piano: Préludes & Rondos
Paris: Durand & Cie., 1915. Plate D. & F. 9706.
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Complete Score
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Uploader: Cypressdome (2 August 2011)
Rafael Joseffy (1852-1915)
Complete Works for Piano, Vol.9: Preludes (LMC 34)
New York: G. Schirmer, 1915. Plate 25454.
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Selections
Nos.1–14
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London: Wessel & Co., n.d.(ca.1839). Plate W. & Co. No. 3098.
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Nos.12–24
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Milan: F. Lucca, n.d.(ca.1840). Plate 2274.
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Incomplete Score
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Nos.3 and 4
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Karl Klauser (1823–1905)
New York: Martens Brothers, 1879. Plate 174.
Facsimile of opening of autograph of no.4 on front page.
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No.5. Prelude in D major
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No.23. Prelude in F major
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Carl Mikuli (1819–1897)
Complete Works for Piano, Vol.8
New York: G. Schirmer, 1895. Plate 11753-11774.
Mineola: Dover Publications, 1998
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No.4. Prelude in E minor
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No.5. Prelude in D major
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No.6. Prelude in B minor
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No.7. Prelude in A major
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No.20. Prelude in C minor
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No.22. Prelude in G minor
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Uploader: Pierre Gouin (21 September 2011)
Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2006
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Arrangements and Transcriptions
Selections
For Cello and Piano (Franchomme)
Preludes No.20 and 7 - Score and part
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Auguste Franchomme (1808-1884)
Paris: C. Meissonier, n.d. Plate C.M. 11,020.
Paris: E. Gerard, n.d.[1870?].
Printed here No.1 is actually No.20, and printed here No.2 is actually No.7.
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Prelude No.3
For Piano solo (Busoni)
Complete Score
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Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924)
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1922. Plate 28765
Reissue - Wiesbaden-Leipzig-Paris, n.d.
In this arrangement the passage work is in the right hand. Larry Sitsky (2009, p. 282) has referred to it as the "upside-down" prelude. The score was extracted from Part 5 of Busoni's Klavierübung and compressed from 2.5 pages to 2 pages with Photoshop. In this process plate numbers and page numbers were removed.
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Prelude No.4
For Violin and Piano (Schulz)
Piano Score
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August Schulz (1837–1909)
Braunschweig: Litolff, No.1181, n.d. (ca.1860), Collection Litolff No.1065.1181.
from - Chopin, Veschiedene Werke (Various Compositions)
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For Organ (Liszt)
Organ score
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PDF file, Typeset by Pierre Gouin
Uploader: Pierre Gouin (21 September 2011)
Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2008
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Prelude No.6
For Cello and Piano (Goltermann)
Cello and Piano Score, Cello part
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Georg Goltermann (1824–1898)
Leipzig: Bosworth & Co., No. 236, 1899. Plates B. & Co. 909, 4311
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For Organ (Gouin)
Organ score
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Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises, 2008
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Prelude No.7
For Cello or Violin and Piano (Waghalter)
Cello (or Violin) and Piano Score
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Henryk Waghalter (1869–1958)
Warsaw: Gebethner & Wolff, n.d.(ca.1912). Plate G. 1922 W.
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Transposed to E-flat (original is in A).
For Narrator and Piano (Burmeister)
Complete Score
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Richard Burmeister (1860-1944)
John Bernhoff, English text
Leipzig: Robert Forberg, 1908. Plate 6105
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Poetry by Kornel Ujejski (1823-1897)
This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project.
Prelude No.13
For Violin and Piano (Schulz)
Piano score
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August Schulz (1837–1909)
Braunschweig: Litolff, No.1181, n.d. (ca.1860), Collection Litolff No.1065.1181.
from - Chopin, Veschiedene Werke (Various Compositions)
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Prelude No.15
For Violin and Piano (Schulz)
Piano score
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August Schulz (1837–1909)
Braunschweig: Litolff, No.1181, n.d. (ca.1860), Collection Litolff No.1065.1181.
from - Chopin, Veschiedene Werke (Various Compositions)
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For Cello and Piano (Sieveking)
Cello and Piano score, Cello part
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Martinus Sieveking (1867–1950)
Berlin: Albert Stahl, 1914. Plate A. 851a S.
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600 dpi, grayscale cover. some pages look bad on screen but fine when printed.
Prelude No.20
Commercial Recordings
Preludes, Op.28, Chopin" (MP3 albums (US only), general composer works).
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General Information
| Work Title | Preludes |
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| Alternative Title |
| Composer | Chopin, Frédéric |
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| Opus/Catalogue Number | Op.28 |
| Movements/Sections | 24 pieces |
| Year/Date of Composition | 1838-1839 |
| First Publication | 1839 |
| Dedication | Camille Pleyel |
| Average Duration | 35 Minutes |
| Piece Style | Romantic |
| Instrumentation | Piano |
| External Links | Wikipedia |
| Discuss this piece |
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