GE1 - First German edition
| Publisher: | Breitkopf & Härtel |
| Date: | X 1837 |
| Title: | Douze Etudes || 8me Etude |
| Dedication: | Madame la Comtesse d'Agoult |
GE1 is based on A and it generally faithfully reproduces the text of the basis. The differences can be mainly explained with errors, inaccuracy or manner of the engraver, e.g.:
- omission of staccato dots in the L.H. in bars 1-6 and 19;
-
erroneous note – g
instead of e in bar 3; -
lack of the
raising b2 to b2 in bar 7; -
shifted
in bars 7-8; - omission of the dashes determining the range of diminuendo in bars 20 and 27;
- moving dynamic hairpins under the staves in bars 32-33;
- omission of fingering in bar 33.
In turn, editorial revisions certainly include:
-
addition of the necessary accidentals, e.g., a
returning a2 in bar 8; -
adding cautionary flats in bars 3 and 19, as well as a at the end of bar 34;
-
addition of
signs in bars 20 and 27.
In spite of a quite careful revision of accidentals, not all inaccuracies in GE1 were detected – some of the notes were left without the necessary signs, e.g. f2 at the end of bar 3 and 7 or e3 in the 10th quaver in bar 8.
GE1 was provided with slightly differing covers, in particular copies from 1841 and later include a changed price (15 Ngr instead of 12 Gr). From 1841, particular Etudes were published also separately, provided with a collective cover including 12 etudes each by Chopin, Henselt and Thalberg.
| Original in: | Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika, Toruń |
| Shelf-mark: | IV 120/2 |