Trois_grandes_études
Trois grandes études
Set of three piano études composed by Charles-Valentin Alkan in 1838
Trois grandes études (Three Grand Études), Op. 76, is a set of three piano études composed by Charles-Valentin Alkan in 1838 and published in 1839.[1] Although they have the highest opus number of any Alkan work, the études were actually composed when he was only 25. Featuring some of his most difficult writing, the first two études are for left hand only and right hand only, respectively. The third requires both hands to play in unison, two octaves apart.