EE1 - First English edition


Publisher: Wessel & Co.
Date: X 1837
Title: Douze Etudes || No. 17
Dedication: Made. la Comtesse d'Agoult

EE1 is based on a lost manuscript, most probably [A] or – which is even more likely – its copy. The manuscript, already after having been written, was entirely reviewed and corrected by Chopin, so even the versions differing EE1 from the remaining editions can be authentic (e.g., f at the beginning of bar 36, the grace note chord in bar 42, the slur in bars 73-76 or  in bar 139). In turn, nothing indicates a possibility of Chopin proofreading of EE1.

Same as in some other sources, EE1 lacks a few necessary accidentals, as, e.g., in bars 14 and 16.

Original in: National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh
Shelf-mark: Mus. Vol. 268 (1)