Kar-Ming Chong <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Which brings me to ask: Why do composers such as Sorabji or Alkan even >bother to compose these unplayable pieces? Unless they're hoping that >someone, somewhere has three pairs of hands......or has time on their >hands ;-) Which brings me to ask: Can these composers of "impossible to play" pieces play them themselves? If not, I second Kar's motion: Why compose them at all? Where does the "Rach.3" and Brahm's 1st or Beethoven's "Emperor" rank in difficulty? Tom Warren