GE1 - First German edition
| Publisher: | Fr. Kistner |
| Date: | VIII 1833 |
| Plate number: | 1019 |
| Title: | Douze Grandes Etudes || No. 11 |
| Dedication: | SON AMI F. LISZT |
First German edition, in which the entire Op. 10 was divided into two books, 6 etudes each. GE1 was based on a review copy of FE, not including Chopin's last corrections. It is revealed by a few added signs in a proofreading of FE, yet omitted in GE1 (see the characteristics of FE1), as well as numerous situations of this kind in the remaining Etudes
In the entire Op. 10, numerous additions, above all, of accidentals and changes were introduced at the time of printing GE1; their traces are clearly visible. However, Chopin's participation in the creation of GE1 seems to be highly unlikely due to his relation with the just obtained Parisian editor, as well as due to some evidently erroneous, thus certainly non-authentic changes introduced in this edition (see the Etude in C major, No. 1).
However, a kind of Chopin's influence on the final shape of GE1 cannot be excluded, therefore, the question of authenticity of some of the versions cannot be considered to be conclusively decided. In this Etude it concerns mainly moving the ending of the progression of chords in bars 52-53 one octave higher, which dominates in this version in the editions and performances of the Etude.
The remaining changes of GE1 with respect to FE1 are mainly corrections of various types of errors (all mentioned in the characteristics of FE1) and inaccuracies, as, e.g., adding arpeggios in bars 9 and 38, completing the slur in bar 19 and adding one in bar 51 and adding accidentals, e.g., in bars 36, 37, 49.
Similarly as in the case of the first book of the Etudes (No. 1-6), it is possible that there were copies of GE1 which differed in details of the cover, e.g., with repeated erroneous initial of Liszt's name (J) after FE1. Such copies have not been found yet.
| Original in: | The Fryderyk Chopin Museum, Warsaw |
| Shelf-mark: | 2439/n |