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Topic: Liszt Liebestraum no. 3 vs. Chopin Etude op 25. no. 2  (Read 2582 times)

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Liszt Liebestraum no. 3 vs. Chopin Etude op 25. no. 2
on: February 18, 2014, 04:03:11 PM
I have seen both these pieces as well as their recordings and am wondering the similarities as well as their relation in respect to difficulty.

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Re: Liszt Liebestraum no. 3 vs. Chopin Etude op 25. no. 2
Reply #1 on: February 18, 2014, 04:06:01 PM
Correction - op 25 no 1

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Re: Liszt Liebestraum no. 3 vs. Chopin Etude op 25. no. 2
Reply #2 on: February 18, 2014, 04:26:00 PM
it depends, but sometimes it's helicopter hair

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Re: Liszt Liebestraum no. 3 vs. Chopin Etude op 25. no. 2
Reply #3 on: February 18, 2014, 09:48:20 PM
I have seen both these pieces as well as their recordings and am wondering the similarities as well as their relation in respect to difficulty.

If you have done that and can't tell all by yourself, their greatest similarity is that they are, as yet, beyond you.
"What the world needs is more geniuses with humility. There are so few of us left" -- Oscar Levant

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Re: Liszt Liebestraum no. 3 vs. Chopin Etude op 25. no. 2
Reply #4 on: February 22, 2014, 01:42:28 AM
Why compare a Liszt nocturne to a Chopin Etude? These are very different types of writing. These pieces are unrelated to each other.

This is like comparing apples to oranges.
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