Symphonic Etudes
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The Symphonic Etudes, opus 13 is a set of etudes for solo piano by Robert Schumann, begun in 1834 as a set of eighteen variations on a theme by the Baron von Fricken. In 1852, Schumann republished the set under the name Études en forme de variations, and made several revisions. Brahms, on republishing the set in 1890, restored five variations which had been cut, which are usually but not always now played, but in positions within the cycle which vary somewhat with each performance; there are now twelve variations and these five so-called posthumous variations which exist as a supplement.
The Adagio and Allegro brillante sections were orchestrated by Tchaikovsky, and have been recorded [1].
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- Robert Schumann's Symphonic Etudes Analysis and description of Robert Schumann's Symphonic Etudes
- Analysis of the Etudes
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