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Complete Etudes for Solo Piano, Series I: Including the Transcendental Etudes (Dover Classical Piano Music)

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Liszt's reputation as perhaps the greatest pianist of all time is powerfully supported by his dazzling body of work for solo piano. The undiminished popularity of his etudes with pianists and audiences alike have made them among the most performed and recorded works for solo piano in the romantic repertoire. This superbly produced yet inexpensive two-volume edition presents all of Liszt's etudes as edited by the great pianist, composer, and musical scholar Ferruccio Busoni for the Franz Liszt Society and published by Breitkopf and Härtel in Leipzig in 1910–11. This first volume, Series I, includes many of Liszt's most inspired piano works. The Etude en 12 Exercises and the 12 Grandes Etudes can both be regarded as early versions of the Etudes d' Exécution Transcendante (Transcendental Etudes). Each set is a highly successful work in its own terms, and both generally surpass the famous final version in difficulty. The separate "Mazeppa" is yet another working of one of the etudes from these sets. The individual etudes range dramatically in style from the delicate refinement of "Feux Follets" to the startling bravura of "Wilde Jagd" (both from the Transcendental Etudes). Each will bring to pianists and their listeners a moving encounter with the genius of this towering musical personality. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dover Publications; Reprint edition (January 1, 1989)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0486258157


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 57


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.35 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.2 x 0.6 x 10.8 inches


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  • Fantastic Value.
Vol 1 consists of the 1826 exercises, 1837 and 1851 transcendental etudes. Both versions: fantastic. Hard to believe the 1851 version is the "simplified" one. Busoni surely added a lot of editorial phrasing and dynamics but fingering? Virtually none. You're on your own for fingering, which is the way it should be since your hands are like no other. The ink is good, the print is good, the paper is light and at 8.5x11 the layout is compact. The binding is tight so a challenge to keep open. "Mazeppa" is in really tiny print. When I get to that one I will need a different edition. If you are a professional, you absolutely should examine this Busoni edition however you will want to get a competition sanctioned scholarly edition elsewhere. 255 pages of music. Few will ever play all these etudes but many, like me, still want to dabble in them. This is perfect for that. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2018 by Karen Flores

  • Terrific! Just I wanted
Terrific! Just I wanted. Some history too.
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2017 by Elizabeth

  • Number 11 is my favorite. I heard it on public radio and it ...
Number 11 is my favorite. I heard it on public radio and it gave me chills.
Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2014 by Emery Carlsten

  • It is a good book for the price, but not the best.
This edition is good for the price. It has all the Transcendental Etudes, and Paganini Etudes & Concert Etudes in two volumes. The first has a large number of studies, which is good, but I personally would not use it as a study book but as consultation, because it is not very spacious, has very little fingering, and printing could be better. As I said above is that, my personal purpose was to use it as a reference book, that's why I'm happy with this book, and even more for the price I paid for it. If you want a book of "Transcendental Etudes" to study, I suggest you get a better book edition. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2015 by Diego Davila

  • Five Stars
GOOD BOOK
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2016 by WILLIAM

  • Liszt Etudes
Good binding, clear printing, and of course, it's complete... ...but who can actually PLAY it ): ? A lot of his earlier works are very approachable, but the Transcendental Etudes aren't recognised as the most difficult piano pieces ever written for no reason!
Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2007 by Murray Taylor

  • Fantabulous
This book of Liszt etudes is magnificent and challenging. But, find a good one with good binding because when i first got mine, the book binding tore up on me the first day. All the pages came out in sections (and I mean pages everywere too!). Uh.. yeah, I was pissed!
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2006 by Rush

  • Book doesn't lay flat open
This book is too thick to lay open flat on the piano. It shouldn't have been a flat paperback binding with this thickness. Otherwise, great quality.
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2012 by Johnny Hwang

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