Etudes for Solo Piano
1994
Info
Études for Solo Piano, Book 1: Nos. 1-10
Études for Solo Piano, Book 2: Nos. 11-20
1994-2012
Études for Solo Piano, Book 2: Nos. 11-20
1994-2012
Music by Philip Glass.
Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers.
Commission
The original six etudes were written for Dennis Russell Davies and Achyn Freyer on the occasion of Davies’ 50th birthday. Glass composed an additional four for himself to expand his own piano technique, occasionally in response to individual commissions.
Instrumentation
piano
Notes
16 etudes were composed in 1994 for a projected set of 20. Book 2 (Nos.11-20) was premiered in 2012 and published in 2014.
Scores
The Complete Piano Etudes at Wise Music Classical
Philip Glass Piano Etudes Boxset Edition at Artisan BOOKS
Philip Glass Piano Etudes Boxset Edition at Artisan BOOKS
Related
COMPOSITIONS:
Now, So Long After that Time
Now, So Long After that Time
RECORDINGS:
PHILIP GLASS – THE COMPLETE PIANO ETUDES – MAKI NAMEKAWA, PIANO
Philip Glass MAD RUSH Lisa Moore solo piano
Etudes for Piano, Vol. I, nos. 1-10 on Orange Mountain Music
Glass Cuts on Orange Mountain Music
The WNYC Commissions Volume 1 on Digital Chips
Glass Piano Music on Orange Mountain Music