Études (Chopin)

The Études by Polish composer Frédéric Chopin are three sets of études for piano. 

Composition
Chopin's Études (studies) are some of the hardest pieces of all the works in concert piano repertoire. Because of this, the music remain famous and are often played at concerts. Some of them have been given nicknames (but not by Chopin himself) - for example, the last Étude from Op. 10 has been called the Revolutionary because it was inspired by the November 1830 Uprising, when the Poles were defeated by the Russian Empire.

All twenty-seven Études were published during Chopin's lifetime; Opus 10, the first group of twelve were written between 1829 and 1832, were dedicated  to Franz Liszt and were published in 1833, in France, Germany, and England. The twelve Études of Opus 25 were composed at various times between 1832 and 1836, and were published in the same countries in 1837. The final three, part of a series called "Méthode des méthodes de piano" compiled by Moscheles and Fétis, were composed in 1839 but with no opus number.

The first Études of the Opus 10 set were written when Chopin was still in his teens. Chopin's Études elevated the musical form from purely utilitarian exercises to great artistic masterpieces. At a concert in which Chopin performed his opus 25, Robert Schumann said "À la Chopin".

List of Études
Études Op. 10
 Name  Key  Name  Key Étude Op. 10, No. 1  C major  Étude Op. 10, No. 7  C major  Étude Op. 10, No. 2  A minor  Étude Op. 10, No. 8  F major Étude Op. 10, No. 3   E major Étude Op. 10, No. 9  F minor  Étude Op. 10, No. 4  C-sharp minor  Étude Op. 10, No. 10  A-flat major Étude Op. 10, No. 5   G-flat major  Étude Op. 10, No. 11  E-flat major Étude Op. 10, No. 6  E-flat minor  Étude Op. 10, No. 12  C minor

Études Op. 25
 Name  Key  Name  Key  Étude Op. 25, No. 1   A-flat major  Étude Op. 25, No. 7  C-sharp minor Étude Op. 25, No. 2   F minor  Étude Op. 25, No. 8  D-flat major  Étude Op. 25, No. 3  F major  Étude Op. 25, No. 9  G-flat major  Étude Op. 25, No. 4  A minor  Étude Op. 25, No. 10  B minor Étude Op. 25, No. 5  E minor  Étude Op. 25, No. 11  A minor  Étude Op. 25, No. 6  G-sharp minor  Étude Op. 25, No. 12  C minor 

Trois nouvelles études
 Name  Key Étude No. 1  F minor  Étude No. 2  A-flat major Étude No. 3  D-flat major

 References 

Category:Compositions by Frédéric Chopin
Category:Solo piano pieces
Category:Compositions in C major
Category:Compositions in F minor
Category:Compositions in A minor
Category:Compositions in E major
Category:Compositions in C-sharp minor
Category:Compositions in F major
Category:Compositions in A-flat major
Category:Compositions in E-flat major
Category:Compositions in C minor