24 Préludes, Op. 67
Twenty-four preludes covering all major and minor keys, composed c.1814–15 and published 1815. One of the most historically important collections in the piano literature — composed over two decades before Chopin's Op.28 and almost certainly a model for it. Each prelude is a short, concentrated character piece in a single key, collectively traversing all 24 major and minor keys in a circle-of-fifths arrangement with alternating relative minors (beginning C major, A minor, G major, E minor…). The set was also a direct precursor to the 24-key prelude sets of later composers.
Works in this Collection (24)
- Prélude No. 1 in C major, Op. 67 No. 1 Key C major Difficulty
- Prélude No. 2 in A minor, Op. 67 No. 2 Key A minor Difficulty
- Prélude No. 3 in G major, Op. 67 No. 3 Key G major Difficulty
- Prélude No. 4 in E minor, Op. 67 No. 4 Key E minor Difficulty
- Prélude No. 5 in D major, Op. 67 No. 5 Key D major Difficulty
- Prélude No. 6 in B minor, Op. 67 No. 6 Key B minor Difficulty
- Prélude No. 7 in A major, Op. 67 No. 7 Key A major Difficulty
- Prélude No. 8 in F♯ minor, Op. 67 No. 8 Key F♯ minor Difficulty
- Prélude No. 9 in E major, Op. 67 No. 9 Key E major Difficulty
- Prélude No. 10 in C♯ minor, Op. 67 No. 10 Key C♯ minor Difficulty
- Prélude No. 11 in B major, Op. 67 No. 11 Key B major Difficulty
- Prélude No. 12 in G♯ minor, Op. 67 No. 12 Key G♯ minor Difficulty
- Prélude No. 13 in F♯ major, Op. 67 No. 13 Key F♯ major Difficulty
- Prélude No. 14 in E♭ minor, Op. 67 No. 14 Key E♭ minor Difficulty
- Prélude No. 15 in D♭ major, Op. 67 No. 15 Key D♭ major Difficulty
- Prélude No. 16 in B♭ minor, Op. 67 No. 16 Key B♭ minor Difficulty
- Prélude No. 17 in A♭ major, Op. 67 No. 17 Key A♭ major Difficulty
- Prélude No. 18 in F minor, Op. 67 No. 18 Key F minor Difficulty
- Prélude No. 19 in E♭ major, Op. 67 No. 19 Key E♭ major Difficulty
- Prélude No. 20 in C minor, Op. 67 No. 20 Key C minor Difficulty
- Prélude No. 21 in B♭ major, Op. 67 No. 21 Key B♭ major Difficulty
- Prélude No. 22 in G minor, Op. 67 No. 22 Key G minor Difficulty
- Prélude No. 23 in F major, Op. 67 No. 23 Key F major Difficulty
- Prélude No. 24 in D minor, Op. 67 No. 24 Key D minor Difficulty