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Explaining the Most Bizarre Piano Etude of the 19th Century

Some say it sounds like 8-bit video game music. Others hear Rush E, Ravel, or even Steve Reich. But this bizarre piano étude was written in 1840 by Charles-Valentin Alkan, one of the most eccentric and imaginative pianist-composers of the 19th century. This video breaks down what makes this étude so rhythmically strange and texturally bold. From paradiddle-inspired patterns to tresillo-like accents, Alkan’s forgotten study challenges everything we expect from 1840s French piano music. 🎹 Recorded on an 1849 Érard piano (Pianoteq) 📜 Score excerpts, analysis, historical context, and performance Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888) Étude in A minor WoO, first published in Joseph Zimmermann’s Encyclopédie du Pianiste-Compositeur (Volume II, 1840) 📝 IMSLP links: • Encyclopédie du Pianiste-Compositeur (Vol. 2): https://imslp.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A9...) • Alkan’s Etude in A minor (WoO): https://imslp.org/wiki/Etude,_WoO_(Al...) 👇 Let me know in the comments what you think it sounds like 00:00 Introduction 01:37 Analysis 03:54 Reception 05:35 Performance #Alkan #Piano #ClassicalPiano #ClassicalMusic #MusicAnalysis #Composer