Description:
Etudes are written primarily to increase an instrumentalist's technical facility and ability, and this is precisely the purpose Chopin had in mind in composing his etudes, which explore every aspect of piano technique. In Etude in E Majore, the purpose to bring out the legato melody, so that it sings about the many notes that accompany it. An what a melody! It has been called "the most beautiful melody ever composed by anyone."

Published by Alfred. Edited by Willard Palmer.