Grande Étude de perfectionnement
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Étude de perfectionnement de la Méthode des méthodes are two pieces by the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt, composed in 1842 and 1852.[1] The first piece is called Morceau de salon, S.142, followed by a revision, Ab Irato, S.143, both composed in E minor. They are regarded as eccentric pieces with beautiful interludes of arpeggiated figures, though both are rarely performed.[citation needed]
Humphrey Searle dates the original composition to 1840.[2] The work echoes and has similarity to Liszt's later composition Les Préludes.[3][2]
The first edition was composed as a contribution for the book "Méthode des méthodes de piano" by Ignaz Moscheles and François-Joseph Fétis.[2] Frédéric Chopin's Trois nouvelles études are also a part of the set.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ↑ Elliker, Calvin (1995). "The Autograph Manuscript of Franz Liszt's Ab Irato". Notes. 51 (4): 1238–1253. doi:10.2307/899098. ISSN 0027-4380.
- 1 2 3 Searle, Humphrey (1966). The Music of Liszt. Internet Archive. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-486-21700-0.
There is one further study, originally written in 1840 under the title Morceau de Salon, Etude de Perfectionnement for the " Méthode des Méthodes de piano " of Fétis and Moscheles; this piece was revised and republished in 1852 with the title Ab Irato, by which it is known to-day. It is a short and mainly violent piece, attractive and effective of its kind; towards the end there is a calmer section in which one of the main themes of Les Préludes is clearly foreshadowed.
- ↑ Main, Alexander (1979). "Liszt after Lamartine: 'Les Preludes'". Music & Letters. 60 (2): 133–148. ISSN 0027-4224.
External links
[edit]- Morceau de salon, Ab Irato: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
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