Transcendental Études [SEP] instrumentation
Transcendental Études
The Transcendental Études (), S.139, are a series of twelve compositions for piano by Franz Liszt. They were published in 1852 as a revision of an 1837 series, which in turn were the elaboration of a set of studies written in 1826.
History.
The composition of the "Transcendental Études" began in 1826, when 15-year-old Liszt wrote a set of youthful and far less technically demanding exercises called the "Étude en douze exercices" (Study in twelve exercises), S.136.
Transcendental Étude No. 6 (Liszt)
Franz Liszt's Transcendental Étude No. 6 in G minor "Vision" is the sixth of his twelve Transcendental Études. It is a study of the extensions of the hand, hands moving in opposite directions, arpeggiated double notes, and tremolos.
It is one of the easiest études out of Liszt's 12 Transcendental Études, though the beginning of the piece can be quite troublesome if it is played as directed: completely with the left hand (linked hand in the second