Transcendental Etude No. 12 (Liszt)
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Transcendental Etude No. 12 in B flat minor is an étude for piano written by composer Franz Liszt. It has the programmatic title "Chasse-Neige", (literally "snow storm") and is the 12th and last of the Transcendental Etudes. The etude is a study in tremolos but contains many other difficulties like wide jumps and fast chromatic scales, and it requires a very gentle and soft touch in the beginning. The piece gradually builds up to a powerful climax. It is one of the more difficult Transcendental Etudes.
Ferruccio Busoni stated that this is the greatest, most accurate example of program music, or 'poetised music.'[citation needed] He described the work as "a sublime and steady fall of snow which gradually buries landscape and people".[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Ferruccio Busoni: The Essence of Music, p.162; in Jim Samson, Virtuosity and the Musical Work, Cambridge University Press, 2003 (p.185).
[edit] External links
- Transcendental Etudes: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project.
