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New Piano Piece by Chopin Discovered – Free Piano Score
A previously unknown manuscript by Frédéric Chopin has been discovered at New York’s Morgan Library and Museum. The handwritten score is titled “Valse” and consists of 24 bars of music in the key of A minor and is considered a major discovery in the wold of classical piano music. Read more >>

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Topic: What do you think of playing Rachmaninov's Op.39-9 in D major for... (Read 3223 times)

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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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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