Jay Garden
A Tribute to His Teacher: Liszt’s Transcendental Études
Some dedications express gratitude. Others preserve a connection across time. Franz Liszt’s (1811–1886) dedication of his Transcendental Études to Carl Czerny may have done both.Liszt dedicated the 1837 version of the études to his former teacher, and he retained the dedication when he published a substantially revised version in 1852....
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