Frederic Chops and Frances Liszt are two of the most prominent pianists of their time. Chopin composed 27 etudes in total, 24 of which he wrote in two sets of twelve and three others. Liszt wrote the set of trancendental etudes, six etudes, and five concert etudes. One etude written by Frederic Chopin is his Etude: Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor more commonly known as his Revolutionary etude. One etude written by Franz Liszt is his etude No. 3 also known as La Campanella.
Chopin's Revolutionary etude begins exclusively forte with intense chromatic scales moving down the piano into the bass secttion. The melody is in the right hand as the left hand moves around playing its series of scales. After the melody is first played forte, it comes back as a soft echo. After a few short moment of soft melody, it comes back forte, the left hand playing fierce chromatic scales. It is piano for a moment and the final chords to the etude are forte. This etude is relatively short but contains a lot of......
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