List of étude composers

An étude is a musical composition designed to provide practice in a particular technical skill in the performance of a solo instrument.

For the piano

Born 1700–1799

Hélène de Montgeroult : 114 études
Daniel Steibelt : fifty études
Johann Baptist Cramer : eighty-four études, Op. 50, Short Studies, Op. 100
Johann Nepomuk Hummel : twenty-four études
Alexandre-Pierre François Boëly : 30 études
Carl Czerny : many études, of which the best known are his Opp. 299 and 599
Ignaz Moscheles : études, twelve character études, three concert études
Henri Bertini : twenty-four études

Born 1800–1850

Amédée Méreaux : sixty études, op. 63
Henri Herz : Études de l'agilité, thirty etudes progressives, 24 etudes, 24 etudes
Louise Farrenc : Trente études in all the major and minor keys, Op. 26, Douze études brillantes, Op. 41
Friedrich Burgmüller : many études, of which the best known are his 25 Études faciles et progressives, Op. 100, and 12 Études, Op. 105
Felix Mendelssohn three études
Robert Schumann : Studies and Études after Paganini's Caprices; and the Symphonic Studies.
Frédéric Chopin : 24 études in two sets of 12 each, plus three more, for a total of 27.
Franz Liszt : set of Transcendental Études, with its two previous versions being Étude en douze exercises and Douze Grandes Études; six études, also with an earlier set, on themes by Niccolò Paganini ; and six concert études. In contrast with Chopin's études, which tend to stress a specific aspect of performance difficulty, Liszt's études tend to stress mastery of performance as a whole. Liszt also wrote 12 books of Technical Studies between 1868 and 1880.
Charles-Valentin Alkan : Trois Études de bravoure ; études in all 12 major keys and in all 12 minor keys ; and also three Grande Études. He also wrote three other études: Op. 17, Op. 27, and two without opus number.
Stephen Heller : twenty-four études Op. 16, 25 Études Op. 45, 30 Études Op. 46, 25 Études Op. 47, 24 Nouvelles études d'expression et de rhythme Op. 125, 4 Études d'après Der Freischütz Op. 127, twenty-one Études techniques pour préparer à l'exécution des ouvrages Op. 154, among others
Adolf von Henselt : twenty-four études, Opp. 2 and 5.
Theodor Kirchner : twelve études, Op. 38, Études rythmiques et mélodiques, Op. 105
Bedřich Smetana : concert étude, Am Seegestade – Eine Erinnerung
Julius Schulhoff : twelve études
Louis Moreau Gottschalk : Tremolo and Manchega, two concert études.
Johannes Brahms : fifty-one Exercises for Piano
Camille Saint-Saëns : two sets of six études each and 6 études for the left hand
Carl Tausig : Etude 'Le Ruisseau', Op.6, 2 Etudes de concert, Op.1b
Brasílio Itiberê da Cunha : Etude de Concert d'aprés Philip Emanuel Bach
Théodore Lack : 12 études elégantes Op.30, Études de bravoure Op.43, Études artistiques Op.91
Agathe Backer-Grøndahl : nineteen Concert études.

Born 1850–1899

Henrique Oswald : Trois Etudes pour piano, plus three independent études
Rafael Joseffy : School of Advanced Piano Playing
Moritz Moszkowski : 3 concert études, 2 concert études, Ecole des doubles notes, 15 Études de Virtuositié, 2 études, 12 studies for the left hand alone, and 20 technical studies.
Anatoly Lyadov : three études
Sergei Lyapunov : Douze études d'exécution transcendante in memory of Liszt
Edward MacDowell : concert étude, 12 études and 12 études
Anton Arensky : 12 études, 4 études
Georgy Catoire : one étude
Claude Debussy : 12 études
Emil von Sauer
Felix Blumenfeld : eighteen études.
Gabriel Pierné : concert étude
Jean Sibelius : étude in A minor
Ferruccio Busoni : six études ; an Étude en forme de variations ; and Six Polyphonic Études.
José Vianna da Motta : "Exercices de Virtuosite", based on Alkan's works.
Charles Tournemire : Études de chaque jour
Leopold Godowsky : sixty studies on Chopin's études, of which 53 are published; three original Concert Studies, and the Étude Macabre.
Alexander Scriabin : twenty-six études
Sergei Rachmaninoff : two sets of Études-Tableaux.
Charles Ives : twenty-three studies for piano between 1910 and 1923
Josef Hofmann
Ernő Dohnányi : six "Concert Études".
Béla Bartók : three Études (Op. 18)
Igor Stravinsky : Quatre études
Karol Szymanowski : four études Op. 4 and 12 études Op. 33
Alfredo Casella
Pedro Humberto Allende : Nueve Estudios
Sergei Prokofiev : four études
Samuil Feinberg : Suite In Étude Form.
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji : 100 Transcendental Studies
Virgil Thomson : nine études
Oscar Lorenzo Fernández : ''Três estudos em forma de sonatina''

Born after 1899

Lennox Berkeley
John Corigliano : Etude Fantasy for Piano
André Jolivet : 6 études
Louise Talma : Six études for piano
Mozart Camargo Guarnieri : twenty études composed between 1949 and 1988
Olivier Messiaen : Quatre études de rythme
John Cage : Etudes Australes and Etudes Boreales
Maurice Ohana : Douze Études d'interprétation
Witold Lutosławski : two études
George Perle : two sets of études
Thomas Henderson Kerr Jr. : Dancétudes: 7 Vignettes of Dolls and Pets
Earl Wild : Seven Virtuoso Études on popular songs of George Gershwin
Ned Rorem : set of eight études
György Ligeti : three volumes of études
Robert Starer : The Contemporary Virtuoso, a set of 7 études
Einojuhani Rautavaara : six études (Op. 42)
Pierre Max Dubois
H. Leslie Adams : "Twenty-six Études for Solo Piano."
Jacques Charpentier : 72 études karmatiques
Philip Glass : two volumes of études between 1991 and 2012.
Nikolai Kapustin : Eight Concert Études, Three Études, Five Études in Different Intervals
William Bolcom : won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1988 for his Twelve New Études for Piano
Tomáš Svoboda : two volumes of Nine Études in Fugue Style and for piano
Bill Hopkins : nine Études en série in three Cahiers
Almeida Prado : 14 études
Pascal Dusapin : Études for piano
Toshio Hosokawa : Six Etudes
Ezequiel Viñao : first book of études in 1993
Marc-André Hamelin : twelve études in minor keys, and an étude after Rimsky-Korsakov
Lowell Liebermann : Etudes on Brahms Songs Op.88, Etudes on Songs of Robert Franz Op.91
Unsuk Chin : currently working on a set of 12 Piano Studies, of which six have been completed
Karen Tanaka : Techno Etudes
Juan María Solare : the cycle Postales submarinas in 2011.
Daisuke Asakura : seven études, one for each disc of his Quantum Mechanics Rainbow series
Nimrod Borenstein
*6 Etudes, Op. 66: Ostinato Étude opus 66 No. 1 , Half Moon Étude opus 66 No. 2 , Tango Étude opus 66 No. 3 , Arpeggio Étude opus 66 No. 4 , Kangding Qingge Étude opus 66 No. 5 Méphisto Étude opus 66 No. 6
*6 Etudes, Op. 86: Staccato/Legato Étude opus 86 No. 1 , Chords Étude opus 86 No. 2 , Hidden Melodies Étude opus 86 No. 3, Brazilian Étude opus 86 No. 4 , Toccata Étude opus 86 No. 5 , Japanese Gardens Étude opus 86 No. 6
Martin Kutnowski : ''Five tango études''

For other instruments

In chronological order

Girolamo Diruta for the organ
Jean-Louis Duport : for the cello
Rodolphe Kreutzer : for the violin
Mauro Giuliani : for the guitar
Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer : for the cello
Matteo Carcassi : for the guitar
Theobald Boehm : for the flute
Napoléon Coste : 25 études de genre, for guitar
Friedrich Grützmacher : Op. 38 Études for the cello
Franz Wohlfahrt:60 Studies for Violin
David Popper : for the cello
Joachim Andersen : for the flute
Francisco Tárrega : Douze Études, for guitar
Emile Sauret 24 études-caprices for violin
Julius Klengel : for the cello
Joseph Bonnet : étude de concert, for organ
Heitor Villa-Lobos : for the guitar
Darius Milhaud : Cinq études, Op. 63, for piano and orchestra ; Etude poétique, Op. 333, musique concrète ; Études, Op. 442, for string quartet
Igor Stravinsky : Quatre études for orchestra, and Étude pour pianola
Andrés Segovia : for the guitar
Herbert Eimert : Etüde über Tongemische, electronic music
Lillian Fuchs : for the viola
Alan Rawsthorne : Symphonic Studies, for orchestra
Chirskov Nikita : for the guitar
Olivier Messiaen : Vocalise-étude, for soprano and piano
Pierre Schaeffer : Cinq études de bruits, for musique concrète, consisting of "Étude aux chemins de fer", "Étude aux tourniquets", "Étude au piano I", "Étude au piano II", and "Étude aux casseroles". Also wrote Étude pathétique, Étude violette, both turntable-technology musique concrète, Étude aux sons animés, Étude aux allures, and Étude aux objets, all for tape-technology musique concrète
John Cage : Freeman Etudes for the violin
Jeanne Demessieux : 6 études, for organ
Francis Dhomont : Études pour Kafka for electronic sound production
Jean Barraqué : Étude for three-track tape
Pierre Boulez : Deux études, musique concrète
Hans Werner Henze : Sinfonische Etüden for orchestra ; Etude philarmonique, for solo violin
Karlheinz Stockhausen : Konkrete Etüde, musique concrète, as well as Studie I and Studie II for electronic music
Easley Blackwood : Twelve Microtonal Etudes for Electronic Music Media, Op. 28
Angelo Gilardino : five volumes of Studi di virtuosità e di trascendenza for guitar
Brian Ferneyhough : Etudes Transcendantales for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble
Robert deMaine : Études-Caprices for cello

By instruments

Organ

Girolamo Diruta

Oboe

Gilles Silvestrini

Flute

Guitar

Violin

Bartolomeo Campagnoli
Rodolphe Kreutzer — 42 études ou caprices is considered by some as an indispensable foundation for developing essential violin technique.
Niccolò Paganini — instrumental étude is said to be one of Paganini's major accomplishments.
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
Jakob Dont
Charles Dancla
Jacques Féréol Mazas
Franz Wohlfahrt
Henry Schradieck
Otakar Ševčík
John Cage — John Cage's Freeman Etudes are noted for their extreme difficulty.

Viola

Lillian Fuchs

Cello

Trumpet/Cornet

Jean-Baptiste Arban — La grande méthode complète de cornet à piston et de saxhorn par Arban contains 14 characteristic studies that function as performance études.
Herbert L. Clarke — Clarke's Characteristic Studies for Cornet contains 15 solos as review études that close out the method.
Théo Charlier — 36 Études Transcendantes
Vassily Brandt — 34 Studies for Trumpet
Marcel Bitsch — ''Vingt études pour trompette ut ou si♭''