How did Liszt revolutionize piano technique?
The piano! It is my pulpit, my altar, my very being! I felt the future in my fingers, you see, a future of thunderous chords, of shimmering arpeggios that cascaded like waterfalls, of octaves that soared like eagles. I pushed the instrument to its absolute limits, demanding a new virtuosity, a new expressiveness. It was not merely about speed, but about color, about the profoundest articulation of emotion. My studies, my 'Transcendental Études,' they were forged in this fire, designed to unlock the soul of the instrument and the heart of the performer.
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