Technische Studien - Liszt, Franz

"Op. S.146 ; LW.A242. Composed: 1868–73. Movements: 68 studies in 3 books (12 in Schuberth edition) '''Book 1''' Exercises for gaining strength and independence of each individual finger with quiet hand, and chord-studies. '''Book 2''' Preparatory studies for the major and minor scales. '''Book 3''' Scales in thirds and sixths. Arpeggios, or broken scales. '''Book 4''' Chromatic scales and exercises. Scales in contrary motion. '''Book 5''' Repeated thirds, fourths and sixths, with various fingerings. Exercises in thirds (formed from scales) in parallel and contrary motion. Exercises in fourths and Sixths. '''Book 6''' Major, minor and chromatic scales in double-thirds and -sixths. '''Book 7''' Scales in chords of the sixth with various fingerings. Arpeggios, or broken scales in double-thirds and -sixths, and chords of the sixth. Chromatic thirds, fourths and sixths. Octave scales, major and minor. '''Book 8''' Broken octaves. Arpeggiated, or broken octave scales. Chord-studies. Shakes in thirds, sixths, fourths and octaves '''Book 9''' Chords of the diminished seventh. Exercises with quiet hand. Arpeggios, or broken chords '''Book 10''' Broken chords with various fingerings throughout all major and minor scales. '''Book 11''' Arpeggios in thirds and in sixths with various fingerings. '''Book 12''' Octave-studies with various fingerings and chord-studies. [Table of Contents from Schuberth edition, Plate 6259.]"

⌛ Period → Romantic ◈ Genre → Romantic

◆ Difficulty

Advanced (Grade 4-6)

Instruments piano

Editor Soren Afshar

Posted 2007-05-27

License CC BY 3.0