GE1 - First German edition
| Publisher: | Fr. Kistner |
| Date: | VIII 1833 |
| Title: | Douze Grandes Etudes || No. 7 |
| 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 the last Chopin's corrections. It is revealed by a few added signs in a proofreading of FE, yet omitted in GE1 (see the characteristics of FE1).
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 one can consider the corrections of errors in bars 25 (e1 to d1), bar 27 (f1 to g1), as well as adding staccato marks in bars 19 and 21 to be authentic.
Other changes of GE1 with respect to FE1 include, among others:
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additions of accidentals, e.g., a
raising f3 to f3 in bar 15, a 
returning d1 in bar 33, flats lowering b(1) to b
(1) in bars 48 and 50; - different kinds of corrections, e.g., shortening or extending ambiguous slurs in bars 22, 49-50 and 52-53 or adding missing extending dots in bars 22 and 26.
In GE1 probably some errors were also committed, as, e.g., the accent in bar 38, which was placed too early.
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 the cover details, e.g., with the erroneous initial of Liszt's name (J.) repeated after FE1. Until now, such copies have not been found.
The foliation, written in pencil, visible in the presented copy is probably much later.
| Original in: | The Fryderyk Chopin Museum, Warsaw |
| Shelf-mark: | 2439/n |