Sweeney: Six Etudes

Dublin Core

Title

Sweeney: Six Etudes

Subject

Source

http://www.michaelsweeney.com/biography.html

Music Resource Item Type Metadata

Composer

Sweeney, Michael (b. 1952). 

Gender

Male

Work

Six Etudes After Robert Schumann’s “Abegg” Variations. Toronto: Sweeney. 

Description

This adaptation of the piano work is a very challenging Romantic tour-de-force, requiring a facile technique (frequently up to Eb5) as well as a fine sense of lyricism. 

Reference

The Double Reed 21/2, p. 105.