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Mendelssohn etudes: favorite and hardest?

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Which is your favorite?

Etude op. 104b no. 1: 2 (66.7%)
Etude op. 104b no. 2: 0 (0%)
Etude op. 104b no. 3: 1 (33.3%)
F minor etude (no opus #): 0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 3

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Topic: Mendelssohn etudes: favorite and hardest? (Read 2011 times)

liszt-and-the-galops

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Mendelssohn etudes: favorite and hardest?

on: May 30, 2024, 03:14:15 AM

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IMO
Favorite no. 1, F minor, no. 2, no. 3 Least favorite
Hardest no. 2, no. 1, F minor, no. 3 Easiest

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klavieronin

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Re: Mendelssohn etudes: favorite and hardest?

Reply #1 on: May 30, 2024, 06:22:50 AM

I've never played them so I couldn't say which is the hardest but no.3 was always my favourite.

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Re: Mendelssohn etudes: favorite and hardest?

Reply #2 on: June 08, 2024, 04:51:09 AM

Favorite to least favorite: 1, F Minor, 3, 2
Hardest to easiest: 1, 2, F Minor, 3

All of them seem at similar difficulty/quality so it's hard to rank.

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last 3 schubert sonatas and piano trios are something else