25 Études mélodiques, Op. 45
Heller's most celebrated set of studies, composed 1844 and published by Richaul in Paris, 1845. The 25 Études mélodiques are subtitled 'Introduction to the Art of Phrasing' and represent Heller's fundamental conviction that the étude should be a character piece first and a technical exercise second. Each study addresses a specific technical challenge — singing melody in the right hand, cantabile voicing, pedal colour, arpeggios, thirds — while simultaneously being a complete musical miniature with its own expressive identity. The most famous are No. 1 (The Brook, a flowing semiquaver study in C major) and No. 2 (L'Avalanche, a dramatic study in A minor that became one of the most widely played piano studies of the 19th century). The set was adopted immediately into piano pedagogy and has remained essential teaching material for intermediate players for 180 years.
Works in this Collection (25)
- The Brook No. 1 Key C major Difficulty
- L’Avalanche No. 2 Key A minor Difficulty
- Étude Op. 45 No. 3 No. 3 Difficulty
- Étude Op. 45 No. 4 No. 4 Difficulty
- Étude Op. 45 No. 5 No. 5 Difficulty
- Étude Op. 45 No. 6 No. 6 Difficulty
- Étude Op. 45 No. 7 No. 7 Difficulty
- Étude Op. 45 No. 8 No. 8 Difficulty
- Étude Op. 45 No. 9 No. 9 Difficulty
- Étude Op. 45 No. 10 No. 10 Difficulty
- Étude Op. 45 No. 11 No. 11 Difficulty
- Étude Op. 45 No. 12 No. 12 Difficulty
- Étude Op. 45 No. 13 No. 13 Difficulty
- Étude Op. 45 No. 14 No. 14 Difficulty
- Étude Op. 45 No. 15 No. 15 Difficulty
- Étude Op. 45 No. 16 No. 16 Difficulty
- Étude Op. 45 No. 17 No. 17 Difficulty
- Étude Op. 45 No. 18 No. 18 Difficulty
- Étude Op. 45 No. 19 No. 19 Difficulty
- Étude Op. 45 No. 20 No. 20 Difficulty
- Étude Op. 45 No. 21 No. 21 Difficulty
- Étude Op. 45 No. 22 No. 22 Difficulty
- Étude Op. 45 No. 23 No. 23 Difficulty
- Étude Op. 45 No. 24 No. 24 Difficulty
- Étude Op. 45 No. 25 No. 25 Difficulty