Author: Franz Liszt
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 9781457485831
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Expertly arranged Piano music by Franz Liszt from the Kalmus Edition series. These rhapsodies are from the Romantic era.
Hungarian Rhapsodies, Volume I
Author: Franz Liszt
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 9781457485831
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Expertly arranged Piano music by Franz Liszt from the Kalmus Edition series. These rhapsodies are from the Romantic era.
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 9781457485831
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Expertly arranged Piano music by Franz Liszt from the Kalmus Edition series. These rhapsodies are from the Romantic era.
Franz Liszt, Volume 1
Author: Alan Walker
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307830969
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
Franz Liszt--child prodigy, virtuoso pianist, co-founder with Chopin and Schumann of the Romantic movement in music--has been the subject of literally hundreds of biographies, but it is only in the last few decades that the importance of Liszt the composer, as opposed to Liszt the Romantic hero, has been recognized. This new perspective has created the need for a fresh, full-scale approach, biographical and critical, to the evaluation of the man and his music. For more than ten years Alan Walker, a leading authority on nineteenth-century music and the author of important studies of Chopin and Schumann, has traveled throughout Europe discovering unpublished material in museums and private collections, in the parish registries of tiny villages in Austria and Hungary, and in major archives in Weimar and Budapest, seeking out new information and corroborating or correcting the old. He has left virtually no source unexamined--from the hundreds of contemporary biographies (many of them more fiction than fact) to the scores of memoirs, reminisces, and diaries of his pupils and disciples (the list of his students from his Weimar masterclasses reads like a Burke's Peerage of pianists). Dr. Walker's efforts have culminated in a study that will stand as definitive for years to come. A feat of impeccable scholarship, it also displays a strong and compelling narrative impulse and a profound understanding of the complicated man Liszt was. In this, the first of three volumes, Dr. Walker examines in greater detail than has ever before been amassed Liszt's family background and his early years. We see "Franzi," a deeply religious and mystical child, whose extraordinary musical gifts lead to studies with the great Carl Czerny in Vienna and propel him into overnight fame in Paris--his youthful opera,Don Sanche, performed when he is fourteen--and in a disorderly and impulsive way of life by the time he is sixteen . . . We see Liszt drifting into obscurity after a nervous breakdown at the age of seventeen, then hearing Paganini for the first time and being so fired by the violinist's amazing technique that he sets for himself a titanic program of work, his aim no less than to create an entirely new repertoire for the piano....We see him, after years if successful touring, returning triumphantly to Hungary, his homeland, and publishing in the same year his "Transcendental" and "Paganini" studies. the signposts of his astonishing technical breakthrough....Finally, we see Liszt at the height of his artistic powers, giving well over a thousand concerts across Europe and Russia during the years 1839-47: "inventing" the modern piano recital, playing entire programs from memory, performing the complete contemporary piano repertoire, breaking down the barriers that had traditionally separated performing artists from their "social superiors," fostering the Romantic view of the artist as superior bring, because divinely gifted . . . until--his colossal career virtually impossible to sustain--he gives his last paid performance at the age of thirty-five . . . Unparalleled in its completeness, its soundness of documentation, and in the quality of its writing, The Virtuoso Years is the first volume of what will unquestionably be the most important biography of Franz Liszt in English or any other language.
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307830969
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
Franz Liszt--child prodigy, virtuoso pianist, co-founder with Chopin and Schumann of the Romantic movement in music--has been the subject of literally hundreds of biographies, but it is only in the last few decades that the importance of Liszt the composer, as opposed to Liszt the Romantic hero, has been recognized. This new perspective has created the need for a fresh, full-scale approach, biographical and critical, to the evaluation of the man and his music. For more than ten years Alan Walker, a leading authority on nineteenth-century music and the author of important studies of Chopin and Schumann, has traveled throughout Europe discovering unpublished material in museums and private collections, in the parish registries of tiny villages in Austria and Hungary, and in major archives in Weimar and Budapest, seeking out new information and corroborating or correcting the old. He has left virtually no source unexamined--from the hundreds of contemporary biographies (many of them more fiction than fact) to the scores of memoirs, reminisces, and diaries of his pupils and disciples (the list of his students from his Weimar masterclasses reads like a Burke's Peerage of pianists). Dr. Walker's efforts have culminated in a study that will stand as definitive for years to come. A feat of impeccable scholarship, it also displays a strong and compelling narrative impulse and a profound understanding of the complicated man Liszt was. In this, the first of three volumes, Dr. Walker examines in greater detail than has ever before been amassed Liszt's family background and his early years. We see "Franzi," a deeply religious and mystical child, whose extraordinary musical gifts lead to studies with the great Carl Czerny in Vienna and propel him into overnight fame in Paris--his youthful opera,Don Sanche, performed when he is fourteen--and in a disorderly and impulsive way of life by the time he is sixteen . . . We see Liszt drifting into obscurity after a nervous breakdown at the age of seventeen, then hearing Paganini for the first time and being so fired by the violinist's amazing technique that he sets for himself a titanic program of work, his aim no less than to create an entirely new repertoire for the piano....We see him, after years if successful touring, returning triumphantly to Hungary, his homeland, and publishing in the same year his "Transcendental" and "Paganini" studies. the signposts of his astonishing technical breakthrough....Finally, we see Liszt at the height of his artistic powers, giving well over a thousand concerts across Europe and Russia during the years 1839-47: "inventing" the modern piano recital, playing entire programs from memory, performing the complete contemporary piano repertoire, breaking down the barriers that had traditionally separated performing artists from their "social superiors," fostering the Romantic view of the artist as superior bring, because divinely gifted . . . until--his colossal career virtually impossible to sustain--he gives his last paid performance at the age of thirty-five . . . Unparalleled in its completeness, its soundness of documentation, and in the quality of its writing, The Virtuoso Years is the first volume of what will unquestionably be the most important biography of Franz Liszt in English or any other language.
The 20 Most Famous Pieces by Liszt
Author: Franz Liszt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 318
Book Description
20 Franz Liszt Masterpieces For Solo Piano. The scores are clearly printed on a light cream-colored thick paper to reduce eye strain. Contents : 1. La Campanella, «Grandes études de Paganini», No. 3, S.141 2. Thèmes et Variations, «Grandes études de Paganini», No. 6, S.141 3. Un Sospiro, «Trois études de concert », No. 3, S.144 4. Waldesrauschen, «2 Konzertetüden », No. 1, S.145 5. Tarantella, « Années de pèlerinage II, Supplément », No. 3, S.162 6. Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este, « Années de Pèlerinage III », No. 4, S.163 7. Lento Placido, « Consolations », No. 3, S.172 8. Funérailles, « Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses », No. 7, S.173 9. Piano Sonata in B minor, No. 7, S.178 10. Nuages Gris (Trübe Wolken), S.199 11. Valse oubliée No. 1, « Valses oubliées », S.215 12. Grand Galop Chromatique, S.219 13. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, « Hungarian Rhapsodies », S.244 14. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15, « Hungarian Rhapsodies », S.244 15. Solovei ; The Nightingale (Le Rossignol), S.250 16. El Contrabandista (Rondeau fantastique sur un thème Espagnol), S.252 17. Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S.514 18. Totentanz, S.525 / S.126 19. Liebesträume (Liebestraum) No. 3, S.541 / S.126 20. Ave Maria (Ellens dritter Gesang), « 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert », S.558
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 318
Book Description
20 Franz Liszt Masterpieces For Solo Piano. The scores are clearly printed on a light cream-colored thick paper to reduce eye strain. Contents : 1. La Campanella, «Grandes études de Paganini», No. 3, S.141 2. Thèmes et Variations, «Grandes études de Paganini», No. 6, S.141 3. Un Sospiro, «Trois études de concert », No. 3, S.144 4. Waldesrauschen, «2 Konzertetüden », No. 1, S.145 5. Tarantella, « Années de pèlerinage II, Supplément », No. 3, S.162 6. Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este, « Années de Pèlerinage III », No. 4, S.163 7. Lento Placido, « Consolations », No. 3, S.172 8. Funérailles, « Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses », No. 7, S.173 9. Piano Sonata in B minor, No. 7, S.178 10. Nuages Gris (Trübe Wolken), S.199 11. Valse oubliée No. 1, « Valses oubliées », S.215 12. Grand Galop Chromatique, S.219 13. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, « Hungarian Rhapsodies », S.244 14. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15, « Hungarian Rhapsodies », S.244 15. Solovei ; The Nightingale (Le Rossignol), S.250 16. El Contrabandista (Rondeau fantastique sur un thème Espagnol), S.252 17. Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S.514 18. Totentanz, S.525 / S.126 19. Liebesträume (Liebestraum) No. 3, S.541 / S.126 20. Ave Maria (Ellens dritter Gesang), « 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert », S.558
Liszt Masterpieces for Solo Piano
Author: Franz Liszt
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486312720
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Masterworks of the 19th-century composer include Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor, Consolation No. 3 in D-flat major, Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat major, La Campanella (Paganini Etude No. 3), and 9 others.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486312720
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Masterworks of the 19th-century composer include Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor, Consolation No. 3 in D-flat major, Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat major, La Campanella (Paganini Etude No. 3), and 9 others.
The Music of Liszt
Author: Humphrey Searle
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486786404
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
The most authoritative English-language study of Liszt's oeuvre, this survey by a noted musicologist examines the works in chronological order. Subjects include romantic pieces, symphonic poems, songs, symphonies, and other compositions.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486786404
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
The most authoritative English-language study of Liszt's oeuvre, this survey by a noted musicologist examines the works in chronological order. Subjects include romantic pieces, symphonic poems, songs, symphonies, and other compositions.
Life of Chopin
Author: Franz Liszt
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385561418
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385561418
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.
Technical Exercises (Complete)
Author: Franz Liszt
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 1457443317
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
This edition is comprised of 86 different technical exercises composed by Liszt during 1868 to 1880. Liszt intended these highly challenging exercises to build greater performance skills in virtuoso pianists. The complete series consists of twelve volumes, each one dealing with a different pianistic problem. This edition has been compiled from the original set to present the exercises in a reasonable length without harming the essence and effectiveness of the original work.
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 1457443317
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
This edition is comprised of 86 different technical exercises composed by Liszt during 1868 to 1880. Liszt intended these highly challenging exercises to build greater performance skills in virtuoso pianists. The complete series consists of twelve volumes, each one dealing with a different pianistic problem. This edition has been compiled from the original set to present the exercises in a reasonable length without harming the essence and effectiveness of the original work.
Hungarian Rhapsodies, Volume II
Author: Franz Liszt
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 9781457485848
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Nos. 10-19
Publisher: Alfred Music
ISBN: 9781457485848
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Nos. 10-19
Complete etudes for solo piano: Grande fantaisie de bravoure sur La clochette de Paganini : op. 2, 1832 ; Etudes d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini : 1838 ; Grandes études de Paganini : 1851 ; Morceau de salon : étude de perfectionnement : 1840 ; Ab irato : grande étude de perfectionnement: 1852 ; Trois études de concert : c. 1848 ; Two concert etudes : c. 1862-63
Author: Franz Liszt
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Liszt's reputation as perhaps the greatest pianist of all time is powerfully supported by his dazzling body of work for solo piano. The undiminished popularity of his etudes with pianists and audiences alike have made them among the most performed and recorded works for solo piano in the romantic repertoire. This superbly produced yet inexpensive two-volume edition presents all of Liszt's etudes as edited by the great pianist, composer, and musical scholar Ferruccio Busoni for the Franz Liszt Society and published by Breitkopf and H�rtel in Leipzig in 1910–11. This first volume, Series I, includes many of Liszt's most inspired piano works. The Etude en 12 Exercises and the 12 Grandes Etudes can both be regarded as early versions of the Etudes d' Ex�cution Transcendante (Transcendental Etudes). Each set is a highly successful work in its own terms, and both generally surpass the famous final version in difficulty. The separate "Mazeppa" is yet another working of one of the etudes from these sets. The individual etudes range dramatically in style from the delicate refinement of "Feux Follets" to the startling bravura of "Wilde Jagd" (both from the Transcendental Etudes). Each will bring to pianists and their listeners a moving encounter with the genius of this towering musical personality.
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Liszt's reputation as perhaps the greatest pianist of all time is powerfully supported by his dazzling body of work for solo piano. The undiminished popularity of his etudes with pianists and audiences alike have made them among the most performed and recorded works for solo piano in the romantic repertoire. This superbly produced yet inexpensive two-volume edition presents all of Liszt's etudes as edited by the great pianist, composer, and musical scholar Ferruccio Busoni for the Franz Liszt Society and published by Breitkopf and H�rtel in Leipzig in 1910–11. This first volume, Series I, includes many of Liszt's most inspired piano works. The Etude en 12 Exercises and the 12 Grandes Etudes can both be regarded as early versions of the Etudes d' Ex�cution Transcendante (Transcendental Etudes). Each set is a highly successful work in its own terms, and both generally surpass the famous final version in difficulty. The separate "Mazeppa" is yet another working of one of the etudes from these sets. The individual etudes range dramatically in style from the delicate refinement of "Feux Follets" to the startling bravura of "Wilde Jagd" (both from the Transcendental Etudes). Each will bring to pianists and their listeners a moving encounter with the genius of this towering musical personality.
Hungarian Rhapsodies
Author: Richard Teleky
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295800178
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Like the renowned American writer Edmund Wilson, who began to learn Hungarian at the age of 65, Richard Teleky started his study of that difficult language as an adult. Unlike Wilson, he is a third-generation Hungarian American with a strong desire to understand how his ethnic background has affected the course of his life. “Exploring my ethnicity,” he writes, “became a way of exploring the arbitrary nature of my own life. It was not so much a search for roots as for a way of understanding rootlessness - how I stacked up against another way of being.” He writes with clarity, perception, and humor about a subject of importance to many Americans - reconciling their contemporary identity with a heritage from another country. From an examination of photographer Andre Kertesz to a visit to a Hungarian American church in Cleveland, from a consideration of stereotypical treatment of Hungarians in North American fiction and film to a description of the process of translating Hungarian poetry into English, Teleky’s interests are wide-ranging. he concludes with an account of his first visit to Hungary at the end of Soviet rule.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295800178
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Like the renowned American writer Edmund Wilson, who began to learn Hungarian at the age of 65, Richard Teleky started his study of that difficult language as an adult. Unlike Wilson, he is a third-generation Hungarian American with a strong desire to understand how his ethnic background has affected the course of his life. “Exploring my ethnicity,” he writes, “became a way of exploring the arbitrary nature of my own life. It was not so much a search for roots as for a way of understanding rootlessness - how I stacked up against another way of being.” He writes with clarity, perception, and humor about a subject of importance to many Americans - reconciling their contemporary identity with a heritage from another country. From an examination of photographer Andre Kertesz to a visit to a Hungarian American church in Cleveland, from a consideration of stereotypical treatment of Hungarians in North American fiction and film to a description of the process of translating Hungarian poetry into English, Teleky’s interests are wide-ranging. he concludes with an account of his first visit to Hungary at the end of Soviet rule.