Études
Études is French for "studies". It is used as a name for several music or dance works, including:
- Études, three sets of studies for the piano by Frédéric Chopin, composed between 1829 and 1839
- Études, a set of 12 piano études composed in 1915 by Claude Debussy
- Études, a 1948 ballet by Harald Lander
- Études, 18 piano studies composed between 1985 and 2001 by György Ligeti
A number of musical works include the word Études in their title:
- Trois Nouvelles Études for piano written by Frédéric Chopin in 1839
- Trois Études de concert, a set of three piano études by Franz Liszt, composed between 1845 and 1849
- Grandes Études de Paganini, a series of six études for the piano by Franz Liszt, in 1851
- Études d'exécution transcendante, a series of twelve compositions for solo piano by Franz Liszt in 1852
- Études-Tableaux, two sets of piano études composed in 1911 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Études australes and Études boréales, two sets of études for cello and/or piano composed by John Cage between 1974 and 1978
- Études transcendantales, a song cycle in 9 movements for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble composed by Brian Ferneyhough between 1982 and 1985
The word Études also appears in the academic world:
- École pratique des hautes études, a prestigious research and higher education institution in France
- Institut des hautes études scientifiques, a French institute supporting advanced research in mathematics and theoretical physics, located in Bures-sur-Yvette just south of Paris
- École des hautes études commerciales is the name of prestigious business schools in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, etc.
- Études celtiques, a French academic journal of Celtic Studies, based in Paris, founded in 1870
- Revue des études juives, a French quarterly of Jewish studies, founded in 1880
See also
- Étude, the musical form
- Étude (instrumental)
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