GE1 - First German edition
| Publisher: | Charles Haslinger quondam Tobie |
| Date: | VII 1851 |
| Plate number: | T.H.8147. |
| Title: | Grande Sonate |
| Dedication: | None |
First German edition, based on A. It contains numerous revisions, concerning mainly accidentals and – to a lesser extent – articulation and dynamic markings. Chopin did not participate in the development of GE1 – see the description of this edition in mov. I of the Sonata.
In GE1 the majority of the defects concerning the accidentals were corrected by adding the omitted accidentals both in obvious situations (e.g. in bars 5-6, 24, 28) and more or less problematic ones (e.g. in bar 52). Cautionary accidentals were also added, generally justified, e.g. in bar 15 or 64.
A number of changes and additions concerning slurs were introduced. However, they cannot be clearly evaluated, since A slurs are often inaccurate, yet in this movement the changes and additions in this respect seem wrong or unnecessary, e.g. in bars 2-4, 11, 33 and 35 or 76.
In GE1 numerous mistakes were also committed, e.g. the following elements were omitted: the 
in bar 14, accent in bar 23, staccato dots in bar 3 and 10, wedge in bar 30.
There are certain situations in which it is unclear whether a given element was omitted due to a mistake or a revision – the 
hairpin in bar 31, the R.H. slur in bars 31-32.
| Original in: | Jan Ekier private collection, Warsaw |
| Shelf-mark: | A.1 |