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Six Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141

LW A173 · R. 3b · 1851

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Total duration: 26' 30"

1. G minor
2. E-flat major
3. G-sharp minor (La campanella)
4. E major
5. E major
6. A minor
6. A minor (introduction, S. 141/6bis)

The études are arrangements of works by Nicolò Paganini. The collection also exists in an earlier version from 1838, the Six Études d’exécution transcendante d’après Paganini (S. 140; LW A52; R. 3a).

Recommended editions

New Liszt Edition (Editio Musica Budapest) · I/2 · Z. A/B 5412 · Studies II · ed. Zoltán Gárdonyi/István Szelényi
New Liszt Edition (Editio Musica Budapest) · Suppl. 12 · Z. A/B 14567 · ed. Adrienne Kaczmarczyk [introduction to no. 6]
Editio Musica Budapest · Z. 6500 · ed. Zoltán Gárdonyi/István Szelényi

1. G minor

This is an arrangement of a caprice for solo violin (op. 1 no. 6) that includes the introduction to another caprice (op. 1 no. 5).

Duration: 5'

Difficulty: 4

Six Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141; 1. G minor

Six Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141; 1. G minor

2. E-flat major

This is an arrangement of a caprice for solo violin (op. 1 no. 17).

Duration: 5' 30"

Difficulty: 4.5

Six Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141; 2. E-flat major

Six Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141; 2. E-flat major

3. G-sharp minor (La campanella)

This is based on a theme from the final movement of the second violin concerto (op. 7). In the 1838 version, Liszt included also material based on the final movement of the first violin concerto (op. 6). Liszt also uses the theme from the second concerto in his Grande Fantaisie de bravoure sur La Clochette (S. 420; LW A15; R. 231) and Grande Fantaisie sur des thèmes de Paganini (S. 700a/i; LW A113; R. 231 and S. 700a/ii; LW A113; R. 231).

Duration: 4' 30"

Difficulty: 5

Six Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141; 3. G-sharp minor (La campanella)

4. E major

This is an arrangement of a caprice for solo violin (op. 1 no. 1).

Duration: 2' 30"

Difficulty: 3.5

Six Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141; 4. E major

5. E major

This is an arrangement of a caprice for solo violin (op. 1 no. 9).

Duration: 3' 30"

Difficulty: 4

Six Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141; 5. E major

6. A minor

This is an arrangement of a caprice for solo violin (op. 1 no. 24).

Duration: 5' 30"

Difficulty: 5

Six Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141; 6. A minor

6. A minor (introduction, S. 141/6bis)

In 1884, Liszt wrote a short album leaf that can serve as an introduction to this étude.

Duration: 0' 30"

Difficulty: 1.5

Six Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141; 6. A minor

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