Liszt Etudes

The Transcendental Etudes after Paganini, S.140, are a collection of six etudes for the piano composed by Franz Liszt in 1838. Liszt's revised version The Grand Etudes of Paganini, S.141, was composed in 1851. The etudes are based on compositions of Niccolò Paganini for violin, and are among the most technically demanding pieces in the piano literature, especially the original versions.

Étude No. 6 in A minor, Theme and Variations, and is based on Paganini's 24th Caprice for Solo Violin.

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Two Concert Études (Zwei Konzertetüden), S.145, is a set of two piano works composed in Rome around 1862/63 by Franz Liszt. It consists of two parts: "Waldesrauschen" (Forest Murmurs) and "Gnomenreigen" (Dance of the Gnomes).


Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher. During the 19th century he was famous throughout Europe for his great skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age and perhaps the greatest pianist of all time.

 

Liszt composed an extensive and diverse body of works, which influenced subsequent composers such as Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, Camille Saint-Saëns, Edvard Grieg, and Alexander Borodin.

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