Transcript Franz Liszt

Music 1010
Semester
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Alexis
Sanders
Franz Liszt
Childhood
• Born In Raiding, Hungary On
October 22, 1811
• Parents: Adam And Anna Liszt
• First Language: German
• Liszt’s Father Taught Him To Play
The Piano At A Very Young Age
Early Career
• Started Composing At The Age Of Ten
• He Performed Throughout Hungary
• He Met Many Influential Musicians In His
Performance Travels
• Earned A Scholarship To Study Music
• Was Taught By A Former Teacher of
Beethoven
Early Career Continued
• One Of His First Works Was A
Variation On A Waltz By Diabelli
• At Age Fourteen He Wrote An Opera
Called Don Sanche
• At One Point He Performed In Front
Of Beethoven And George IV
Personal Life
• At Sixteen Liszt Became Sick
• Liszt Father Also Became Ill Of Typhoid
And Passed Away
• Liszt No Longer Wanted To Be A Traveling
Performer After His Father Passed
• In Liszt’s Own Words: “A Musician In The
Employ Of The Rich, Who Patronized Me
And Paid Me Like An Itinerant
Entertainer.”
Personal Life Continued
• Liszt Falls In Love With A Girl
• The Girls Father Despises Liszt And
Marries Her Off Into An Arranged
Marriage
• Tries To Pull Himself Together And Find A
Fitting Religion For His Life But Never
Fully Commits To One
French Revolution
• French Revolution Begins In 1830
• Liszt Begins Composing Again
• He Starts Being Known For His
Compositions
• Liszt Composes Étude d’exécution
transcendante d’aprés Paganini
Post French Revolution
• At Age 22 Liszt Met 28 Year
Old Marie
• They Had Three Children:
Blandine, Cosima, And Daniel
Marie and Cosima
L a t e r Ye a r s
• Liszt Begins To Travel
• He Becomes Fairly Wealthy As He Gains
Fame
• Liszt Hires A Manager, Which Gives Him
More Time To Do What He Wants
• Liszt Becomes Known Less For His Music
And More For His Rampant Love Life
L a t e r Ye a r s C o n t i n u e d
• Liszt Falls In Love With A Married
Woman Named Carolyne
• Carolyne Supports Liszt In His
Musical Abilities
• They Move To Weimar, Germany
• Liszt Focuses On Music Again
We i m a r
• Works Composed: Tasso, Lamento e
Trionfo, and Les Préludes for
Orchestra
• Many Of His Works Were Extremely
Lengthy And Complex
• Many Critics Misunderstood His
Works
M u s i c R o o m At We i m a r
F i n a l Ye a r s
• Liszt Joined The Catholic Church
• His Religion Influenced Some Of His Last
Works
• July 31, 1886 Liszt Passed Away At Age 75
In Germany From Pneumonia
• In Total Liszt Composed Over 400 Works
And Arranged over 900
About Hungarian Rhapsody
No.2
• One Movement In A Composition Of
Nineteen
• No.2 Is One Of The Most Well Known
Movements
• Composed In 1847, At The Time Solely
For The Piano
• Before His Passing He Composed One For
The Piano, Piano Duet, And Orchestra
About Hungarian Rhapsody
No.2 Continued
• In The 1900’s Liszt Work Began To Gain
Popularity
• This Song Can Be Heard In Several Cartoons:
• The Opry House
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit
• A Day At The Races
• And Many Other Cartoons
Franz Liszt Cartoon Link
Analysis
• The Orchestral Version Is Extremely Complex
• It Has Clearly Defined Sections That All Come
To A Fairly Clean Ending Before Bridging Into
The Next Section
• There Are Multiple Sections With An
Introduction And Ending
• Typically The Slower Legato Sections Lead Into
Faster Paced Staccato Movements
About Liebestraum
• Liebestraum Is The Third And Most
Popular Movement Of Liebesträume
• 1st Movement: “Hohe Liebe”= High Love
• 2nd Movement: “Gestorben War Ich”= I
Was Dead
• 3rd Movement: “Liebestraum”= Dream Of
Love
About Liebestraum
Continued
• It Is Based Off A Poem By Uhland
And Freilgrath Called: “O lieb, solang
du lieben kannst!”
• The Most Well Known Form Is the
Piano Form
• It Is Known As One Of The Hardest
Pieces Of Music To Play
Analysis
• Introduction: The form of the first thirty-four seconds is repeated twice.
The Melody lies in the lower notes being played contrasted with the
harmony of the treble clef with the same chords being repeated over and
over. The texture remains pure throughout with just the piano playing a
simple melody.
• About The Middle: The form in this section is different from any of the
others previously heard. The trill walks up and down the piano and keeps
a very smooth sounding tone. The dynamic does change with the trill, as
it goes up and down, so does the p and f.
• Ending: The form does gain a harmony again played in the background of
just repeating broken chords. The dynamic is extremely pp as it’s
beginning to conclude the song. The melody is just simple chording again
that eventually comes to a final resolution to end the song.
Works Cited
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"O Love, Love as Long as You Can!" O Love, Love as Long as You Can! N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2013.
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"HUP! A Complete Utterance." : Liebestraum No. 3. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Oct. 2013.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYM84n-2Sas