Études (Chopin)

The Études by Polish composer Frédéric Chopin are three sets of études for piano.

Composition

"In all my life I have never again been able to find such a beautiful melody." -Chopin, on Op. 10, No. 3

Chopin's Études (studies) are some of the hardest pieces of all the works in concert piano repertoire. Because of this, the music remain famous and are often played at concerts. Some of them have been given nicknames (but not by Chopin himself) - for example, the last Étude from Op. 10 has been called the Revolutionary because it was inspired by the November 1830 Uprising, when the Poles were defeated by the Russian Empire.

All twenty-seven Études were published during Chopin's lifetime; Opus 10, the first group of twelve were written between 1829 and 1832, and were published in 1833, in France, Germany, and England. The twelve Études of Opus 25 were composed at various times between 1832 and 1836, and were published in the same countries in 1837. The final three, part of a series called "Méthode des méthodes de piano" compiled by Moscheles and Fétis, were composed in 1839 but with no opus number.

The first Études of the Opus 10 set were written when Chopin was still in his teens. Chopin's Études elevated the musical form from purely utilitarian exercises to great artistic masterpieces. At a concert in which Chopin performed his opus 25, Robert Schumann said "À la Chopin".

Études Op. 10

Name	Key	Name	Key
Étude Op. 10, No. 1	C major	Étude Op. 10, No. 7	C major
Étude Op. 10, No. 2	A minor	Étude Op. 10, No. 8	F major
Étude Op. 10, No. 3	E major	Étude Op. 10, No. 9	F minor
Étude Op. 10, No. 4	C-sharp minor	Étude Op. 10, No. 10	A-flat major
Étude Op. 10, No. 5	G-flat major	Étude Op. 10, No. 11	E-flat major
Étude Op. 10, No. 6	E-flat minor	Étude Op. 10, No. 12	C minor

Études Op. 25

Name	Key	Name	Key
Étude Op. 25, No. 1	A-flat major	Étude Op. 25, No. 7	C-sharp minor
Étude Op. 25, No. 2	F minor	Étude Op. 25, No. 8	D-flat major
Étude Op. 25, No. 3	F major	Étude Op. 25, No. 9	G-flat major
Étude Op. 25, No. 4	A minor	Étude Op. 25, No. 10	B minor
Étude Op. 25, No. 5	E minor	Étude Op. 25, No. 11	A minor
Étude Op. 25, No. 6	G-sharp minor	Étude Op. 25, No. 12	C minor

Trois nouvelles études

Name	Key
Étude No. 1	F minor
Étude No. 2	A-flat major
Étude No. 3	D-flat major

Études (Chopin) Media

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  Chopin at 25, by his fiancée Maria Wodzińska, 1835

• THE ETUDES PAN 107 (1810 - 1849)*Martha Goldstein, Piano (Erard, 1851) Opus 10 - Twelve Grand Etudes*dedicated to Franz Liszt, published 1833 C Major - Allegro — A manuscript copy of this Etude and of the second Etude is dated the day he left Poland for the last time, November 2, 1830.

• Performed by Martha Goldstein

• Performed by Martha Goldstein

• Étude in C sharp minor - Op. 10 No. 4

• Étude Op. 10, No. 5, THE ETUDES PAN 107 (1810 - 1849)*Martha Goldstein, Piano (Erard, 1851) Opus 10 - Twelve Grand Etudes*dedicated to Franz Liszt, published 1833 G-flat Major- Vivace The right hand plays only on the black keys.

• THE ETUDES PAN 107 (1810 - 1849)*Martha Goldstein, Piano (Erard, 1851) Opus 10 - Twelve Grand Etudes*dedicated to Franz Liszt, published 1833 e flat minor - Andante A study in touch.

• Étude Op. 10, No. 7, THE ETUDES PAN 107 (1810 - 1849)*Martha Goldstein, Piano (Erard, 1851) Opus 10 - Twelve Grand Etudes*dedicated to Franz Liszt, published 1833 C Major - Vivace A toccata - The study of double notes changing on one key.

• THE ETUDES PAN 107 (1810 - 1849)*Martha Goldstein, Piano (Erard, 1851) Opus 10 - Twelve Grand Etudes*dedicated to Franz Liszt, published 1833 F Major- Allegro The right hand flows in cascades of technical brilliance w hile the left hand carries the thematic material.

• THE ETUDES PAN 107 (1810 - 1849)*Martha Goldstein, Piano (Erard, 1851) Opus 10 - Twelve Grand Etudes*dedicated to Franz Liszt, published 1833 f minor - Allegro, molto agitato A study composed for Chopins friend Ignaz Moscheles, to develop left hand stretches.

• Étude Op. 10, No. 10 in A flat major.

• THE ETUDES PAN 107 (1810 - 1849)*Martha Goldstein, Piano (Erard, 1851) Opus 10 - Twelve Grand Etudes*dedicated to Franz Liszt, published 1833 E flat Major - Allegretto Huneker calls this Etude a musical Corot.

• FREDERIC CHOPIN, THE ETUDES PAN 107 (1810 - 1849)*Martha Goldstein, Piano (Erard, 1851) Opus 10 - Twelve Grand Etudes*dedicated to Franz Liszt, published 1833 c minor- Allegro con fuoco Supposedly written in Stuttgart shortly after Chopin received news of the taking of Warsaw by the Russians September 8, 1831, this Etude is popularly called The Revolutionary."

• Frederic Chopin - etude no. 1 in a flat major, op

• FREDERIC CHOPIN, THE ETUDES PAN 107 (1810 - 1849)Martha Goldstein, Piano (Erard, 1851) Opus 25 - Twelve Grand Etudes*dedicated to Madame la Comtesse d'Agoull, published 1837 F Major-Allegro Known as the "Cart wheel."

• FREDERIC CHOPIN, THE ETUDES PAN 107 (1810 - 1849)Martha Goldstein, Piano (Erard, 1851) Opus 25 - Twelve Grand Etudes*dedicated to Madame la Comtesse d'Agoull, published 1837 a minor - Agitato Study in syncopation.

• FREDERIC CHOPIN, THE ETUDES PAN 107 (1810 - 1849)Martha Goldstein, Piano (Erard, 1851) Opus 25 - Twelve Grand Etudes*dedicated to Madame la Comtesse d'Agoull, published 1837 e minor - Vivace Study in touch.

• Étude Op. 25, No. 6 Professor Hokanson's 90th birthday recital at Brechmin Hall, Music School, University of Washington (2006-06-18).

• FREDERIC CHOPIN, THE ETUDES PAN 107 (1810 - 1849)*Martha Goldstein, Piano (Erard, 1851) Opus 25 - Twelve Grand Etudes*dedicated to Madame la Comtesse d'Agoull, published 1837 c sharp minor- Lento The "Duo" study.

• FREDERIC CHOPIN, THE ETUDES PAN 107 (1810 - 1849)*Martha Goldstein, Piano (Erard, 1851) Opus 25 - Twelve Grand Etudes*dedicated to Madame la Comtesse d'Agoull, published 1837 D flat Major - Vivace Study in sixths.

• Etiuda Ges-dur, op. 25 nr 9, w wykonaniu Romualda Greissa na fortepianie marki Budynowicz z 1850. Nagranie z koncertu w filharmonii w Zabrzu.

• Frederic Chopin, Étude Op. 25, No. 10 — B minor*THE ETUDES PAN 107 (1810 - 1849)Martha Goldstein, Piano (Erard, 1851) Opus 25 - Twelve Grand Etudes*dedicated to Madame la Comtesse d'Agoull, published 1837 b minor- Allegro con fuoco — Study in octaves.

• THE ETUDES PAN 107 (Opus 25 - Twelve Grand Etudes - a minor)Martha Goldstein, Piano (Erard, 1851) Opus 25 - Twelve Grand Etudes*dedicated to Madame la Comtesse d'Agoull, published 1837 a minor-Allegro con brio "Winter Wind" composed in 1834.

• Frederic Chopin - etude no. 12 in c minor, op

• Étude in F minor - Posthumous, No. 1

• Frederic Chopin - etude no

• This file is Étude No. 3 in D-flat major from Chopin's Trois Nouvelles Études, composed for the Method of Methods of Moscheles and Fétis, played on a historical instrument by Martha Goldstein. From the Pandora Records collection of sound files.