Although in transparency of construction the most etude-like of Chopin's Etudes, this "runway chorale" ( as somebody once jestingl called it) rests on a harmonic foundation of fine music, beautiful in its simplicity. Its sontours are indicated by the accents, shich must, therefore, be strictly observed; they are omitted in only a few measures, where the chord-figure emerges from the regular pattern and assumes a melodious guise on the third and fourth quarters. The historical significance of the Etude is found in the fact that here, for the first time, the octave-stretch is exceeded throughout;since then, it has hardly been surpassed in difficulty in this respect.
2007-03-13
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