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4 Préludes

op. 2

1Prélude en Ut
[musical score]
26 bars
2Prélude en La mineur
[musical score]
32 bars
3Prélude en Sol
[musical score]
18 bars
4Prélude en Mi mineur
[musical score]
22 bars
piano solo

Composition: These Préludes belong with a collection probably composed in 1851–52, at the age of twelve or thirteen. Bizet won a first prize in solfège in July 1849.

Autograph score: F-Pn MS. 421, gift of Reynaldo Hahn.12-stave paper, oblong, 232 x 307 mm., 16 f.
The four Préludes are found on p. 1-4 of the manuscript, which also contains Valse, Thème, 1er Caprice original, Romance, Romance sans paroles, and 2me Caprice original.

Printed score:
1 Mario Bois, Œuvres pour le piano, 1984, edited by Michel Poupet, p. 1-4.
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