Etudes

[lisztmusicfan]

Hello
I'm looking for some etudes that could be used as a stepping stone to reach some of the more difficult etudes such as Chopin and Debussy. If anyone could lend their opinion, it would be greatly appreciated

[asiantraveller101]

Look into Heller, Moszkowski, MacDowell, and Mocheles etudes. You will have to sieve through them as they vary in difficulty level. Do not underestimate Mocheles etudes...some are equally as difficult as Chopin's; but others are great precursor to Chopin.

[ale_ius]

Am not of the persuasion that pieces must be studied in certain orders and pre-requisites for others, that is, just find what you like, give it a read and play for a few weeks, if you progress, then it's probably in you to finish it to a respectable level, if not, put it away for now and move on to something else.

That said, it would be worth you while to explore (as was excellently advised to you above by previous reply) to look to some of the often overlooked masters.  I would throw Henselt into the mix, actually I very much like his etude output way more than the likes of Chopin and Liszt, by a long shot.

also I tend to like the work of some of Liszt's pupils more than than of their teacher, like Joseffy (also studied with  Moscheles, Tausig ), if you are after a 'concert etude' try something like this (if you still have a desire to keep a Chopin flavor in it)

[visitor]

concur with both.

this might be my next, you might like it.

[cabbynum]

Am not of the persuasion that pieces must be studied in certain orders and pre-requisites for others, that is, just find what you like, give it a read and play for a few weeks, if you progress, then it's probably in you to finish it to a respectable level, if not, put it away for now and move on to something else.

That said, it would be worth you while to explore (as was excellently advised to you above by previous reply) to look to some of the often overlooked masters.  I would throw Henselt into the mix, actually I very much like his etude output way more than the likes of Chopin and Liszt, by a long shot.

also I tend to like the work of some of Liszt's pupils more than than of their teacher, like Joseffy (also studied with  Moscheles, Tausig ), if you are after a 'concert etude' try something like this (if you still have a desire to keep a Chopin flavor in it)

Thank you so much for posting about henslet, I hadn't heard of him before, now I am in love!

[ianw]

If you are on Android get a copy of Piano Syllabus from Google Play. If you leave Composer blank and enter title = etude it shows 364 references, of which plenty are in the mid grades. For example there's 13 pieces from Heller Ops 45, 46 and 47, a number from Kabalevsky etc.