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cardinals

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What do you think of playing Rachmaninov's Op.39-9 in D major for...

on: October 14, 2007, 06:33:56 PM

..an etude in college auditions (MM or DMA)?
Do you think this etude is not as technically difficult as other ones like 39-1, 39-6, or 33-6 or most of the Chopin's or Liszt's etudes? Also, I wonder how popular this piece is for those working on etudes for preparing for the auditions...

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s1d1f1

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Re: What do you think of playing Rachmaninov's Op.39-9 in D major for...

Reply #1 on: October 14, 2007, 08:15:51 PM

It is very popular piece for audition,mostly for them,becouse is ,,comfortable,, for fingers,and not very,very hard for memory.But,I don't think that is right making a line betwen Liszt Chopin and Rach.,you will see in Rach etudes-tableaux,very strange music shape,but Liszt,chopin,very familiar,logical music shape...

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verywellmister

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Re: What do you think of playing Rachmaninov's Op.39-9 in D major for...

Reply #2 on: October 20, 2007, 05:29:19 PM

Easy? NO

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