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Liszt, Franz : Études d'exécution transcendante　"Feux follets" B-Dur S.139/5

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Music ID : 23698
Instrumentation：Piano Solo　
Genre：etude
Total Playing Time：3 min 30 sec
Copyright：Public Domain
etude
Piano Solo
piano solo
B dur

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Author : PTNA Piano Encyclopedia Editorial Department

Last Updated: September 1, 2020
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

No. 5 in B-flat Major "Feux follets"

B-flat major. The musical depiction of will-o'-the-wisps, which led travelers astray, originated in Schubert's song cycle Winterreise, and Liszt attempted to express this fantastical and elusive phenomenon with intricate virtuosity. Beginning with chromatic scales and employing double notes, leaps, and other techniques, it is truly a difficult piece worthy of the name "Transcendental Etude".

Writer: PTNA Piano Encyclopedia Editorial Department
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