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