Alexandre Goria was a popular salon composer in Paris whose etudes serve as bridges between technical utility and salon aesthetics. This piece is built on rapid, sparkling passagework that demands a light, precise touch.
At Henle 6 this is an advanced piece that assumes fluent technique and rewards mature interpretation. The main demands: fast passage work that stays light and even at tempo; sweeping arpeggio figures that must stay smooth across positions; and precise articulation — the difference between crisp and blurred is the piece.
Achieving evenness in the rapid, undulating arpeggio figures across the registers is the primary technical hurdle.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
A level or two down with the same spirit — ideal if this piece is still out of reach.
Where this piece's skills lead: slightly harder works making similar technical demands.
Lesser-known works by the same hand, at a comparable level.
Etude de concert (Op.7) is rated Henle level 6 of 9 — advanced repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 7–8. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 9.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 6 — meaning you can already play level 5–6 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of Etude de concert (Op.7) lasts about 4 minutes.
Etude de concert (Op.7) is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.
Pieces at a comparable difficulty and character include Capriccio de concert by Alexandre Édouard Goria, Etude de concert No.1 by Alexandre Édouard Goria, Ballade by Alexandre Édouard Goria — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.