Complete Etudes for Solo Piano, Series I Including the Transcendental Etudes

by Liszt, Franz; Busoni, Ferruccio

• ISBN13: 9780486258157
• ISBN10: 0486258157
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1989-01-01
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

Edited by Busoni. Also includes Etude in 12 Exercises, 12 Grand Etudes and Mazeppa. Breitkopf and Härtel edition.

Author Biography

Composer, conductor, and teacher Franz Liszt (1811–86) was renowned throughout Europe for his skills as a concert pianist. The quintessential romantic, he created an extensive and diverse oeuvre that ranges from influential experiments in musical form to more conventional pieces as well as transcriptions of works by other composers.

Table of Contents

Foreword and Editorial Notes
"Etude en 12 Exercices [Etude in 12 exercises], Op. 1"
  No. 1 in C Major
  No. 2 in A Minor
  No. 3 in F Major
  No. 4 in D Minor
  No. 5 in B-flat Major
  No. 6 in G Minor
  No. 7 in E-flat Major
  No. 8 in C Minor
  No. 9 in A-flat Major
  No. 10 in F Minor
  No. 11 in D-flat Major
  No. 12 in B-flat Minor
12 Grandes Etudes [12 Large Etudes]
  No. 1 in C Major
  No. 2 in A Minor
  No. 3 in F Major
  No. 4 in D Minor
  No. 5 in B-flat Major
  No. 6 in G Minor
  No. 7 in E-flat Major
  No. 8 in C Minor
  No. 9 in A-flat Major
  No. 10 in F Minor
  No. 11 in D-flat Major
  No. 12 in B-flat Minor
Mazeppa (dedicated to Victor Hugo)
"Etudes d'Exécution Transcendante [Etudes for Transcendental Technique, or Transcendental Etudes]"
1: Preludio (C major)
2: (A minor)
3: Paysage [Landscape] (F major)
4: Mazeppa (D minor)
5: Feux Follets [Will-o' -the-Wisp] (B-flat major)
6: Vision (G minor)
7: Eroica (E-flat major)
8: Wilde Jagd [Wild Hunt] (C minor)
9: Ricordanza [Remembrance] (A-flat major)
10: (F minor)
11: Harmonies du soir [Evening Harmonies] (D-flat major)
12: Chasse-Neige [Snow-Drifting Wind] (B-flat minor)