GE1 - First German edition
| Publisher: | Fr. Kistner |
| Date: | VIII 1833 |
| Title: | Douze Grandes Etudes || No. 5 |
| Dedication: | SON AMI J. LISZT |
First German edition, in which the entire Op. 10 was divided into two books, 6 etudes each. GE1 was based on [FE0''], the proof copy of FE which does not include Chopin's last corrections. In this Etude it is revealed by the following errors repeated after [FE0''], yet absent in finished FE1: g
1 in the chord at the end of bar 45, c1 in the chord at the beginning of bar 47.
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 could assume, e.g., the change of the fingering digit in bars 25 and 32 or the correction of the mistake in bar 60 to be authentic.
Other changes of GE1 with respect to FE1 include, e.g., corrections of inaccurate pedal marks, e.g., in bars 3, 13, 47, 59, additions of accidentals, e.g., a before d1 in bar 9 and addition of the arpeggio in the R.H. in bar 84.
In GE1 the erroneous initial of Liszt's name (J) was repeated after FE1. The pencil entries visible in the copy do not have any source value.
| Original in: | The University of Chicago Library, Chicago |
| Shelf-mark: | M25.C54E7 c.2 |