GE1 - First German edition
| Publisher: | Pietro Mechetti qm Carlo |
| Date: | VIII 1842 |
| Plate number: | P. M. No 3682 |
| Title: | Trois Mazourkas || No 2. |
| Dedication: | Monsieur Léon Szmitkowski |
The significant number of textual differences rules out the possibility of GE1 having come from any of the remaining sources. Therefore, the Stichvorlage must have been the currently lost manuscript, i.e. an autograph or a copy corrected by Chopin. The quite numerous small differences in, e.g. the layout, the range of slurs or hairpins point rather to the second autograph, hence we designate that alleged Stichvorlage by the symbol [A2].
A number of differences between GE1 and A1 bears traces of Chopinesque improvements, particularly:
- L.H. slurs in b. 1-6, 28-29, 36-37,
- pedalling in 2-6,
- staccato dots in b. 9-10 and analog.,
- arpeggio in b. 9 and analog.,
- mordents in b. 11, 15 and analog.,
- modified rhythm and phrasing at the transition to the middle part of the Mazurka, b. 59-60,
- repeats of b. 60-67 i 68-83,
- enhanced interpretation markings in the middle part, b. 60-83.
The remaining ones are rather equal variants (e.g. pedalling in b. 19-20 and analog. or a mordent exchanged for a double grace note in b. 23 and analog.), and there are places where the markings in A1 seem to be more precise, like L.H. slurs in b. 31 and 34 or 
in b. 39-40.
According to us, the above differences already originate from the notation of [A2], although some of the changes could have been introduced in the Chopinesque proofreading of GE1. Due to the described improvements, we adopt GE1 as the principal source.
| Original in: | Jan Ekier private collection, Warsaw |
| Shelf-mark: | O.50-1 |