The Trois Études de concert date from the beginning of Liszt’s time as Kapellmeister in Weimar and appeared in 1849 in three separate volumes. Meanwhile, the original manuscript – whereabouts unknown until recently – can now be seen at the Bibliothèque musical François-Lang in Royaumont (north of Paris). The autograph reveals many details that were missed or not corrected. Therefore in the present new URTEXT-edition, the original manuscript has been taken to be the superiour authoriative source; secondary sources are the German and the French first editions from 1849.
The edition contains also Liszt’s short cadenzas to the Etude No. 3 and his alternative version of the Coda, which might also be interesting for the performance practice of our time.