Transcendental Etude No. 12 (Liszt)
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Transcendental Etude No. 12 in B flat minor is an étude for piano written by composer Franz Liszt. It has the programmatic title "Chasse-Neige", ("impetuous winds which raise whirls of snow") and is the 12th and last of the Transcendental Etudes. The etude is a study in tremolos but contains many other difficulties like wide jumps and fast chromatic scales, and it requires a very gentle and soft touch in the beginning. It is the most difficult etude to play well save for Feux follets. The piece gradually builds up to a powerful climax.
Feruccio Busoni stated that this is the greatest, most accurate example of program music, or 'poetised music,' as he said.
[edit] External links
- Transcendental Etudes was available at the International Music Score Library Project.
