GE1 - First German edition
| Publisher: | Fr. Kistner |
| Date: | VIII 1833 |
| Title: | Douze Grandes Etudes || No. 4 |
| 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, which did not include Chopin's last corrections. It is revealed by the change in bar 65, introduced in a proofreading of FE and overlooked 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., probably in bar 68 (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, it is, e.g., addition of a 
at the end of bar 24 or a slur in the R.H. in bars 38-39 that could be indicated as potentially authentic.
Other changes of GE1 with respect to FE1 include, above all, minor revisions of the base text's inaccuracies, not always fully justified, concerning, e.g., the shift of 
in bar 46, addition of staccato marks in bar 54, a 
mark at the end of the Etude or accidentals, e.g., in bars 17, 26, 47, 72 and 74.
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 |