Chopin - Hamelin: Triple Etude

[presto agitato]

Anybody?

[thalbergmad]

Hinty would have a fit if he saw this

Thal

[ahinton]

I'm not sure who "Hinty" is, but I personally am having nothing at all like a fit here. If someone wants to obtain Hamelin's Triple Étude after Chopin, they have only to send me an email at
sorabji-archive@lineone.net
and then, if they'd like, they could also (if they so wish) obtain my own Étude en forme de Chopin which is a piece reconstructed from my much earlier (1977) Les Trois Chopins as a direct consequence of seeing Marc-André's piece and hearing it played by its transcriber (my Étude en forme de Chopin is available both in ms. form and in an excellent typeset edition by Simon Abrahams).

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

then, if they'd like, they could also (if they so wish) obtain my own Étude en forme de Chopin

I will be getting that for my mum for Christmas.

Thal

[jakev2.0]

Why would anyone want to play that Hamelin mishmash when there's Godowsky?   

[jre58591]

godowsky didnt write a triple etude, or it was lost. here, hamelin assumed godowsky's role and wrote it as he thought godowsky woulda have. and i think he did a good job with this.

[thalbergmad]

The Etude en form de Chopin Op26 is superior.

Have forgotten the name of the composer.

Thali

[thierry13]

Why would anyone want to play that Hamelin mishmash when there's Godowsky?   

First, it's an amazing etude, and second, it's not like he's gonna learn Godowsky or Hamelin anytime soon.

[steve_m]

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[debussy symbolism]

Greetings.

Why do you feel the need to name pieces in English?

[steve_m]

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[debussy symbolism]

Perhaps that is because Chopin didn't speak English, and his etudes are written in French (to the extent of my knowledge).

[dnephi]

Can you explain Rachmaninoff's Etudes-Tableaux or the Italian instructions in music?  Often, tradition is involved in the languages of the writings.  Etudes are written in french, not studies in english.  And why is that?  I believe it is precedent/tradition/convention.