List of étude composers

An étude is a musical composition (usually short) designed to provide practice in a particular technical skill in the performance of a solo instrument.

For the piano

Born 1700–1799

Born 1800–1850

  • Amédée Méreaux (1802–1874): sixty études, op. 63
  • Henri Herz (1803–1888): Études de l'agilité (Op.179), thirty etudes progressives (Op.119), 24 etudes (Op.151), 24 etudes (Op.152)
  • Friedrich Burgmüller (1806–1874): many études, of which the best known are his 25 Études faciles et progressives, Op. 100, and 12 Études, Op. 105
  • Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) three études (Op. 104)
  • Robert Schumann (1810–1856): Studies (Op. 3) and Études (Op. 10) after Paganini's Caprices; and the Symphonic Studies (Op. 13, in three revisions: 1834, 1852, and posthumously 1893).
  • Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849): twenty-four études in two sets of 12 each (Opp. 10 and 25), plus three more (a little easier), for a total of 27.
  • Franz Liszt (1811–1886): set of Transcendental Études, with its two previous versions being Étude en douze exercises and Douze Grandes Études; six études, also with an earlier set, on themes by Niccolò Paganini (among them the famous La Campanella); and six concert études (one set of three, another set of two and Ab Irato which also has an earlier version). In contrast with Chopin's études, which tend to stress a specific aspect of performance difficulty, Liszt's études tend to stress mastery of performance as a whole. Liszt also wrote 12 books of Technical Studies (S.146) between 1868 and 1880.
  • Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888): Trois Études de bravoure (Op. 16); études in all 12 major keys (Op. 35) and in all 12 minor keys (Op. 39); and also three Grande Études (Op. 76). He also wrote three other études: Op. 17 (Le preux), Op. 27 (Le chemin de fer), and two without opus number.
  • Stephen Heller (1813–1888): twenty-four études Op. 16, 25 Études Op. 45, 30 Études Op. 46, 25 Études Op. 47, 24 Nouvelles études d'expression et de rhythme Op. 125, 4 Études d'après Der Freischütz Op. 127, twenty-one Études techniques pour préparer à l'exécution des ouvrages Op. 154, among others
  • Adolf von Henselt (1814–1889): twenty-four études, Opp. 2 and 5.
  • Theodor Kirchner (1823–1903): twelve études, Op. 38 (1878), Études rythmiques et mélodiques, Op. 105
  • Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884): concert étude, Am Seegestade – Eine Erinnerung
  • Julius Schulhoff (1825–1898): twelve études
  • Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869): Tremolo and Manchega, two concert études.
  • Johannes Brahms (1833–1897): fifty-one Exercises for Piano (published in 1893)
  • Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921): two sets of six études each (Opp. 52 and 111) and 6 études for the left hand (Op. 135)
  • Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha (1846–1913): Etude de Concert d'aprés Philip Emanuel Bach (Op. 33)
  • Théodore Lack (1846–1921): 12 études elégantes Op.30, Études de bravoure Op.43, Études artistiques Op.91
  • Agathe Backer-Grøndahl (1847–1907): nineteen Concert études.

Born 1850–1899

Born after 1899

For other instruments

In chronological order

By instruments

Organ

Flute

Guitar

Violin

Viola

Cello

References

  1. Campagnoli, Bartolomeo. Sette Divertimenti O Sonate Per Violino, Op. 18: Composti Per Esercizio Delle Sette Principali Posizioni. C. F. Peters. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  2. Singer, Edmund; Baker, Theodore (1923). Rodolphe Kreutzer, Forty-Two Studies or Carpices. G. Schirmer, Inc. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-7935-2594-2.
  3. de Barbieri, Renato; Cantù, Alberto; Herttrich, Ernst. 24 Capricci für Violine solo Opus 1 (Urtext ed.). G. Henle Verlag. p. V.
  4. Ernst, Heinrich. mehrstimmige Studien. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  5. Dont, Jakob. 24 Etudes or Caprices, Op.35. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  6. Dont, Jakob. 24 Preparatory Exercises, Op.37.
  7. Dancla, Charles. 20 Études brillantes et caractéristiques, Op.73. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  8. Dancla, Charles. 15 Studies for Violin, Op.68. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  9. Dancla, Charles. 36 Melodious and Easy Studies, Op. 84. Schott. ISBN 978-3-7957-9792-8.
  10. Wohlfahrt, Franz. 60 Studies for the Violin, Op.45. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  11. Wohlfahrt, Franz. Leichtester Anfang im Violinspiel. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  12. Ševčík, Otakar. Violin Studies, Op.7. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  13. Pritchett, James. "John Cage: Freeman Etudes". Retrieved 20 December 2015.
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