Rising acciaccaturas (“ah-CHAH-ka-TOOR-ahs”) representing a gnome introduce a “concert” piece in this genre that is paired with one titled “Forest Murmurs.” (10[2])Alexander Scriabin’s Opus 8 collection (10[1])of (10[1])pieces in this genre ends (10[1])with an (10[1])extremely (10[1])virtuosic (10[1])one (10[2])in D-sharp minor (10[3])marked (10[2])patetico. (10[1]-5[2])Sergei (-5[1])Lyapunov wrote a set of pieces (10[1])in this genre, (-5[1])“completing” (-5[1])an earlier (10[1])set (10[1])that includes one inspired by the story of a cossack tied (10[1])to a (10[1])horse (10[3])that begins with arpeggiated diminished chords. (10[2]-5[2])High D-sharps (10[1])are heard throughout a piece (10[1])in this genre based (10[1])on the last movement of Paganini’s second (10[1])violin (-5[1])concerto (10[1]-5[1])called (10[1]-5[1])“La Campanella.” (10[1]-5[5])For (-5[1])10 (10[1])points, (10[2]-5[1])Franz (10[2])Liszt (10[1]-5[3])(“list”) composed (-5[2])a set (10[3])of (10[1]-5[1])“Transcendental” (10[14]-5[1])pieces (10[15])in (10[2])which (10[1])genre (10[7])that (10[1])usually (10[3])focuses (10[1])on improving specific (10[3])aspects of technique? ■END■ (10[18]0[8])