This composer allegedly died by being crushed by a bookshelf after reaching for a volume of the Talmud.
This composer included a barcarolette with an 18/8 time signature and a piece titled "Odi profanum vulgus et arceo" in his suite beginning with "La vision," Esquisses. He composed "grand etudes" for the left hand, the right hand, and both hands reunited, as well as a massive Concerto for Solo Piano. Another of his works, a sonata containing movements subtitled "Prometheus Bound" and "Quasi-Faust," is titled The Four Ages. His piano works include "Funeral March on the Death of a Parrot," the programmatic etude The Railway, and Scherzo diabolique. This composer allegedly died by being crushed by a bookshelf after reaching for a volume of the Talmud. For twenty points, name this virtuosic 19th century French composer of etudes in every major and minor key.
This composer included a barcarolette with an 18/8 time signature and a piece titled "Odi profanum vulgus et arceo" in his suite beginning with "La vision," Esquisses.
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