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Transcendental Etude No. 11 in D-flat major, S. 139/11

“Harmonies du soir”18518 min

This guide follows Liszt’s Transcendental Etude No. 11 in D-flat major, S. 139/11 “Harmonies du soir” (1851) in one part.

Recording: Daniil Trifonov (piano)

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0:09–8:27

, calm and spacious. A quiet sets slow bass octaves under chords. The enters, then the second. The timeline's B section, B′ and the (A′) seem to follow this order: a song-like central , a speech-like passage with an unexpected turn, and the triumphant before the music fades. Notice how much of the harmony circles around the note A-flat.

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