You see, Andrew, I'm just as slow in responding. 'Le pupitre' does
not say anything about the origin of the etudes other than that they
appeared in print shortly after Chopin's op.10. So the questions
remain: is the Etude in B-flat for Methode des Methodes identical
with op.125 #21? Did Hummel write op.125 gradually from 1825 onward,
paralleling his Piano Method, or are they all from 1833?

Incidentally, I am planning to play ##7, 8, and 21 in church in a few
weeks instead of the usual organ music.

Randolph

--- In johann_nepomuk_hummel@yahoogroups.com, "clavierspieler"
<clavierspieler@...> wrote:
>
> Sorry for the delayed response. Have you consulted the French
> "Editions pupitre" publication of the Etudes? There are copious
> critical notes in it, that may answer your questions.
>
> I'm afraid I know nothing about the "missing Etudes." If something
> appeared in "Methode des methodes," then surely lacking a manuscript
> source is no excuse for omitting it, since the Moscheles is such a
> well-known source...?
>
>
> -- Andrew
>
>
> --- In johann_nepomuk_hummel@yahoogroups.com, "r_scherp"
> <r_scherp@> wrote:
> >
> > I am wondering if anyone knows something specific about the dates
of
> > composition of the Etudes op.125. Somewhere I read that Hummel
played
> > some of them for someone else about 1828 and he apparently
composed
> > six in 1833 to complete the set for publication. The notes to
Boehm's
> > recording seem to suggest that these six are the ones omitted
from the
> > Universal edition (g, a, B, c-sharp, E-flat, f), which is odd,
because
> > it suggests that Universal would have used a manuscript from
before
> > the summer of 1833 as a source and not the first editions of that
year
> > or later reprints. Also, Sachs was unable to include the Etude in
B-
> > flat submitted to Fetis for inclusion in Methode des methodes.
Does
> > this mean that he could not locate a copy, or that the owner
would not
> > cooperate in the complete edition? It seems to me that this etude
may
> > be the one in that key from op.125.
> >
> > randolph
> >
>