GE1 - First German edition
| Publisher: | Fr. Kistner |
| Date: | VIII 1833 |
| Title: | Douze Grandes Etudes || No. 6 |
| 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 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 GE1 (see the characteristics of FE1), as well as numerous situations of this kind in the remaining Etudes.
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, e.g., in the arrangement of the fingering in bars 7, 15 and 47 and 50 (other erroneous revisions – 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 addition of a 
raising c
1 to c1 in bar 7 to be authentic (see the commentary concerning this bar).
Other changes of GE1 with respect to FE1 include mostly minor revisions of inaccuracies of the base text, not always fully justified, concerning rhythmic values, e.g., in bars 21 and 48, slurs, e.g., in bars 39-40, 50-51 (erroneous), the grace note in bar 8 or accidentals, e.g., in bar 15. Omission of some of these signs is most probably a result of an oversight, e.g., lack of the fingering digit in bar 52. Also, g instead of a in bar 29 is undoubtedly erroneous.
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 |