GE1 - First German edition
| Publisher: | Fr. Kistner |
| Date: | VIII 1833 |
| Title: | Douze Grandes Etudes || No. 12 |
| 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 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 bar 12 (F to G), bars 25 and 67 (fingering), bars 42-43 (deletion of a slur), as well as adding slurs in the R.H. in bar 22 to be authentic.
Other changes of GE1 with respect to FE1 include, e.g.:
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added accidentals, e.g., in bars 29-32:
before b (bar 29), 
before d and F (bar 30), and in the L.H. and four accidentals in the R.H. (t. 31), before G (bar 32), - corrections of various inaccuracies, e.g., change of minim to semibreve in bar 24, and semibreve to minim in bar 75 or adding missing accidentals in the R.H. in bar 55.
GE1 probably includes some errors too, as, e.g., overlooking the at the beginning of bar 31.
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). Such copies have not been found yet.
The pencilled annotations visible in the presented copy are of no source value.
| Original in: | The Fryderyk Chopin Museum, Warsaw |
| Shelf-mark: | 2439/n |