 The Esquisses of 1861 are a set of highly varied miniatures , ranging from the tiny 18 @-@ bar no . 4 , Les cloches ( The Bells ) , to the strident tone clusters of no . 45 , Les diablotins ( The Imps ) , and closing with a further evocation of church bells in no . 49 , Laus Deo ( Praise God ) . They were preceded in publication by Alkan 's deceptively titled Sonatine , Op. 61 , in ' classical ' format , but a work of " ruthless economy [ which ] although it plays for less than twenty minutes ... is in every way a major work . " 
 The Esquisses of 1861 <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>are</mark></a>a set of highly varied miniatures , ranging from the tiny 18 @-@ bar no . 4 , Les cloches ( The Bells ) , to the strident tone clusters of no . 45 , Les diablotins ( The Imps ) , and closing with a further evocation of church bells in no . 49 , Laus Deo ( Praise God ) . They <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>were</mark></a> preceded in publication by Alkan <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>deceptively titled Sonatine , Op. 61 , in ' classical ' format , but a work of " ruthless economy [ which ] although it <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>plays</mark></a> for less than twenty minutes ... <a href='drop_aux' title='5'><mark>is</mark></a>in every way a major work . " 
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