List of étude composers

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An étude is a musical composition (usually short) designed to provide practice in a particular technical skill in the performance of a solo instrument.

For the piano

Born 1700–1799

Born 1800–1850

  • Amédée Méreaux (1802–1874): sixty études, op. 63
  • Henri Herz (1803–1888): Études de l'agilité (Op.179), thirty etudes progressives (Op.119), 24 etudes (Op.151), 24 etudes (Op.152)
  • Friedrich Burgmüller
    (1806–1874): many études, of which the best known are his 25 Études faciles et progressives, Op. 100, and 12 Études, Op. 105
  • Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) three études (Op. 104)
  • Symphonic Studies
    (Op. 13, in three revisions: 1834, 1852, and posthumously 1893).
  • Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849): 24 études in two sets of 12 each (Opp. 10 and 25), plus three more (a little easier), for a total of 27.
  • La Campanella); and six concert études (one set of three, another set of two and Ab Irato which also has an earlier version). In contrast with Chopin's études, which tend to stress a specific aspect of performance difficulty, Liszt's études tend to stress mastery of performance as a whole. Liszt also wrote 12 books of Technical Studies
    (S.146) between 1868 and 1880.
  • Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888): Trois Études de bravoure (Op. 16); études in all 12 major keys (Op. 35) and in all 12 minor keys (Op. 39); and also three Grande Études (Op. 76). He also wrote three other études: Op. 17 (Le preux), Op. 27 (Le chemin de fer), and two without opus number.
  • Stephen Heller (1813–1888): twenty-four études Op. 16, 25 Études Op. 45, 30 Études Op. 46, 25 Études Op. 47, 24 Nouvelles études d'expression et de rhythme Op. 125, 4 Études d'après Der Freischütz Op. 127, twenty-one Études techniques pour préparer à l'exécution des ouvrages Op. 154, among others
  • Adolf von Henselt (1814–1889): twenty-four études, Opp. 2 and 5.
  • Theodor Kirchner (1823–1903): twelve études, Op. 38 (1878), Études rythmiques et mélodiques, Op. 105
  • Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884): concert étude, Am Seegestade – Eine Erinnerung
  • Julius Schulhoff (1825–1898): twelve études
  • Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869): Tremolo and Manchega, two concert études.
  • Johannes Brahms (1833–1897): fifty-one Exercises for Piano (published in 1893)
  • Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921): two sets of six études each (Opp. 52 and 111) and 6 études for the left hand (Op. 135)
  • Carl Tausig
    (1841–1871): Etude 'Le Ruisseau', Op.6, 2 Etudes de concert, Op.1b
  • Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha (1846–1913): Etude de Concert d'aprés Philip Emanuel Bach (Op. 33)
  • Théodore Lack (1846–1921): 12 études elégantes Op.30, Études de bravoure Op.43, Études artistiques Op.91
  • Agathe Backer-Grøndahl
    (1847–1907): nineteen Concert études.

Born 1850–1899

Born after 1899

  • Lennox Berkeley (1903–1989)
  • John Corigliano (born 1938): Etude Fantasy for Piano (1976)
  • André Jolivet (1905–1974): 6 études
  • Louise Talma (1906–1996): Six études (1954) for piano
  • Mozart Camargo Guarnieri
    (1907–1993): twenty études composed between 1949 and 1988
  • Quatre études de rythme
  • John Cage (1912–1992): Etudes Australes and Etudes Boreales
  • Maurice Ohana (1913–1992): Douze Études d'interprétation
  • Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994): two études (1940–1941)
  • George Perle (born 1915): two sets of études
  • Earl Wild (1915–2010): Seven Virtuoso Études (1976) on popular songs of George Gershwin
  • Ned Rorem (1923–2022): set of eight études (1975)
  • György Ligeti (1923–2006): three volumes of études (1985, 1988–1994 and 1995)
  • Robert Starer (1924–2001): The Contemporary Virtuoso, a set of 7 études
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928–2016): six études (Op. 42)
  • Pierre Max Dubois (1930–1995)
  • H. Leslie Adams (born 1932): "Twenty-six Études for Solo Piano."
  • Jacques Charpentier (1933–2017): 72 études karmatiques
  • Philip Glass (born 1937): two volumes of études between 1991 and 2012.
  • Nikolai Kapustin (1937–2020): Eight Concert Études (Op. 40), Three Études (Op. 67), Five Études in Different Intervals (Op. 68)
  • William Bolcom (born 1938): won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1988 for his Twelve New Études for Piano
  • Tomáš Svoboda (born 1939): two volumes of Nine Études in Fugue Style (Op. 44) and (Op. 98) for piano
  • Bill Hopkins (1943–1981): nine Études en série (1965–72) in three Cahiers
  • Almeida Prado
    (1943–2010): 14 études
  • Pascal Dusapin (born 1955): Études for piano (1998–99)
  • Toshio Hosokawa (born 1955): Six Etudes (2011–2013)[1]
  • Ezequiel Viñao (born 1960): first book of études in 1993
  • Marc-André Hamelin (born 1961): twelve études in minor keys, and an étude after Rimsky-Korsakov (which was the previous 1st piece of the 12 études set, but it was replaced by the Triple Étude after Chopin-Godowsky)
  • Lowell Liebermann (born 1961): Etudes on Brahms Songs Op.88 (2004), Etudes on Songs of Robert Franz Op.91 (2005)
  • Unsuk Chin (born 1961): currently working on a set of 12 Piano Studies, of which six have been completed
  • Karen Tanaka (born 1961): Techno Etudes (2000)
  • Juan María Solare (born 1966): the cycle Postales submarinas (études for inside piano) in 2011.
  • Daisuke Asakura (born 1967): seven études, one for each disc of his Quantum Mechanics Rainbow series
  • Nimrod Borenstein (born 1969)
    • 6 Etudes, Op. 66: Ostinato Étude opus 66 No. 1 (2014), Half Moon Étude opus 66 No. 2 (2016), Tango Étude opus 66 No. 3 (2016), Arpeggio Étude opus 66 No. 4 (2018),Kangding Qingge Étude opus 66 No. 5 (2019) Méphisto Étude opus 66 No. 6 (2019)
    • 6 Etudes, Op. 86: Staccato/Legato Étude opus 86 No. 1 (2019), Chords Étude opus 86 No. 2 (2020), Hidden Melodies Étude opus 86 No. 3 (2020), Brazilian Étude opus 86 No. 4 (2020), Toccata Étude opus 86 No. 5 (2020), Japanese Gardens Étude opus 86 No. 6 (2020)
  • Martin Kutnowski (no info): Five tango études (2001)

For other instruments

In chronological order

By instruments

Organ

Oboe

Flute

Guitar

Violin

Viola

Cello

Trumpet/Cornet

References

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  2. ^ Campagnoli, Bartolomeo. Sette Divertimenti O Sonate Per Violino, Op. 18: Composti Per Esercizio Delle Sette Principali Posizioni. C. F. Peters. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
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  6. ^ Dont, Jakob. 24 Etudes or Caprices, Op.35. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  7. ^ Dont, Jakob. 24 Preparatory Exercises, Op.37.
  8. ^ Dancla, Charles. 20 Études brillantes et caractéristiques, Op.73. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  9. ^ Dancla, Charles. 15 Studies for Violin, Op.68. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
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  11. ^ Mazas, Jacques. Etudes, Op.36. Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  12. ^ Wohlfahrt, Franz. 60 Studies for the Violin, Op.45. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  13. ^ Wohlfahrt, Franz. Leichtester Anfang im Violinspiel. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  14. ^ Ševčík, Otakar. Violin Studies, Op.7. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  15. ^ Pritchett, James. "John Cage: Freeman Etudes". Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  16. ^ Bolvin, Eric. The Arban Manual. Eric Bolvin Music Studios. p. 2.
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