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What (who) is étude - definition

INSTRUMENTAL MUSICAL COMPOSITION, USUALLY SHORT, DESIGNED TO PROVIDE PRACTICE MATERIAL FOR PERFECTING A PARTICULAR MUSICAL SKILL
Etudes; Study (music); Etude; Etude (music); Übung
  • Étude Op. 25, No. 11]]
  • Étude Op. 10, No. 2]]: a rapid [[chromatic scale]] in the right hand is used to develop the weaker fingers of the right hand. Most études are written to perfect a particular technical skill.
  • Transcendental Étude No. 2]]: one of the most difficult of Liszt's études, this is a study in passages for alternating and overlapping hands.

Etude         
·noun A composition in the fine arts which is intended, or may serve, for a study.
II. Etude ·noun A study; an exercise; a piece for practice of some special point of technical execution.
etude         
['e?tju:d, e?'tju:d]
¦ noun a short musical composition or exercise.
Origin
C19: from Fr., lit. 'study'.
Konkrete Etüde         
MUSICAL COMPOSITION BY KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
Etude (Stockhausen)
The Konkrete Etüde (Concrète Étude) is the earliest work of electroacoustic tape music by Karlheinz Stockhausen, composed in 1952 and lasting just three-and-a-quarter minutes. The composer retrospectively gave it the number "" in his catalogue of works.

Wikipedia

Étude

An étude (; French: [e.tyd]) or study is an instrumental musical composition, usually short, designed to provide practice material for perfecting a particular musical skill. The tradition of writing études emerged in the early 19th century with the rapidly growing popularity of the piano. Of the vast number of études from that era some are still used as teaching material (particularly pieces by Carl Czerny and Muzio Clementi), and a few, by major composers such as Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt and Claude Debussy, achieved a place in today's concert repertory. Études written in the 20th century include those related to traditional ones (György Ligeti) and those that require wholly unorthodox technique (John Cage).