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• “And you obviously have never tackled a Chopin etude as undergrad.”

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• “Well, if you burn through that Chopin etude, you might just, um, burn through that Chopin etude: Hazard: The recalled keyboards can overheat when in use, posing a fire hazard to consumers.”

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• “I haven't felt this "Revolutionary" since I learned the Chopin etude.”

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• “After going out into the yard several times to see if Prince was barking at any reality, I brought him into the pantry and in order to compose his nerves I left the "Revolutionary" etude, which is so tempestuous, and played the next which is almost a lullaby, so soft and soothing is it, and to my relief it had its effect, and Prince went to sleep.”

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• “What eventually came of the effort however was a half-hour long masterful set of variations, of which some were labelled "etude" and others merely "variation.”

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• “I can't remember which etude it is, but it's just me with an orchestra, and Chopin, and I just think it's beautiful.”

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• “(Soundbite of music) LIANE HANSEN, host: This solo piano etude is just one brightly colored gem in a jewel box of a new CD by the musical artist known as Lightspeed Champion.”

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• “I owe mastery of the Egyptian kohl-lined eye to continuous doodling as performing an etude through lectures.”

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• “While most think of it as an obsessive's adventure, the whole thing is an etude on the nature of whaling, fate, religion, and vengeance, of course.”

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• “Just to see what it would be like: a Rachmaninoff etude-tableau”

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