GE1 - First German edition
| Publisher: | Fr. Kistner |
| Date: | VIII 1833 |
| Title: | Douze Grandes Etudes || No. 3 |
| 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 did not include Chopin's last corrections. It is revealed e.g. by the changes in bars 33 and 44, not included in GE1, as well as numerous situations of this kind in the remaining Etudes.
In the entire Op. 10, numerous additions were performed at the time of printing GE1, above all, accidentals, as well as changes; their traces are particularly visible. However, Chopin's participation in 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 GE1 (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. a correction of the error in bar 32 to be authentic.
Other changes of GE1 with respect to FE1 include mostly minor revisions of inaccuracies of the base text, not always fully justified, concerning slurs, e.g., in bars 52, or accidentals, e.g., in bar 34 ( certainly erroneous) or in bar 46.
In spite of numerous revisions and supplements some errors from [FE0''] remained uncorrected in GE1, e.g., 
instead of 
in bar 49, lack of in bar 51, d1 instead of e1 in bar 55, a instead of b at the beginning of bar 65, e1-d
1 instead of d1-e1 in bar 69, b instead of a in bar 74. The edition also contains some errors of its own, e.g. the lower note of the 2nd R.H. chord in bar 45.
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 |