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Chopin -- Etudes (Complete) by Frederic Chopin (1810-1849). Edited by Willard A. Palmer. For Piano. Masterworks; Piano Collection. Alfred Masterwork Edition. Form: Etude. Masterwork; Romantic. Advanced; Early Advanced. Book. 144 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing (AP.2500C).
ISBN 0739024973. Masterwork; Romantic.
Although each study emphasizes an aspect of virtuoso piano technique, the etudes are some of the most effectively moving of all the concert works in piano literature. This 144-page volume includes the 24 Etudes, Opp. 10 and 25 as well as the three etudes without opus numbers composed in 1839 for Moscheles and Fetis's Method of Methods. Pedaling is taken from the original manuscripts and first editions, and fingering is editorial.
Anonymous
Location: from charleston SC
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
September 9, 2008
pages fall out
this edition is great other than the pages. it is spiral bound and for people who use it for hours every day and turn the pages over and over again the pages start to rip out! the pieces are all beautiful but none of them are easy!!!
19 of 37 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
Nick
Location: from Hamilton, ON
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
September 30, 2007
Great quality and helpful notes
This is a great edition of Chopin's 27 etudes. The engraving is clear and the book is comb-bound, so the pages always lie flat. The music itself is extremely challenging but very rewarding to play.
20 of 35 people found this review helpful.
Melissa
Location: from Dallas, TX
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
September 15, 2007
Pretty good
This is a vast improvement on the internet printout I was using previously, with much better note spacing. However, on the Harp Etude (Op. 25, no. 1), there are several measures in which the bar of the sixteenth notes is on top of the bottom line on the staff, which...
23 of 40 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Portland, Or
Difficulty Level:
Advanced