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Liszt Ferenc: Individual Character Pieces I

Liszt, Works for Piano Solo, Vol. 11

Edited by Mező Imre – Sulyok Imre
Setting: Piano
Series: Liszt, Works for Piano Solo
Period: Romantic
Language: English, German
Length: 116 pages
Format: 23 x 30 cm
Weight: 0.357 kg
Published: March 1, 1979
Publisher: Editio Musica Budapest Zeneműkiadó
Item number: 6216
ISMN: 9790080062166
Volume I/11-12 of the New Liszt Edition contains character pieces. The period in which the pieces in volume 11 were written spans some forty years, and includes works both sacred and profane in inspiration, as the titles indicate. They are most varied in mood and subject. The Allegro di bravura was written when Liszt was only 14 years old, and he dedicated the work to Count Tádé Amadé (1783-1845, was also a composer and pianist). Liszt wrote Les morts to the memory of his deceased son, Daniel. The basis for the Berceuse is a sketch that the composer wrote in an album compiled for the wedding of Elisabeth (Sisi), Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary. One interesting feature of this volume is that La Notte was published here in print for the first time (1979).

(Hungaroton HCD 31753)

As far as possible, the pieces are given in chronological order. As customary, there are two versions of the publication: a blue clothbound edition and a grey softcover edition. The preface, which gives the most important information on the contents and technical details, is identical in both versions, but only the former includes an English description of the sources and a critical commentary. Both versions include facsimiles of pages from Liszt's original autograph manuscript.

Works marked by an asterisk in the Contents are published here for the first time in print.

Contents

1.
Allegro di bravura
R. 30 G. 151
2.
Rondo di bravura
R. 31 G. 152
3.
Élégie sur des motifs du Prince Louis Ferdinand de Prusse
R. 75 G. 168
4.
70 Bars on Themes from the First Beethoven Cantata - 70 Takte nach Motiven aus der Ersten Beethoven-Kantate
R. 198 G. 507
5.
Romance
R. 66/a G. 169
6.
Festvorspiel - Prélude
R. 47 G. 226
7.
Les morts - Die Toten *
R. 183 G. 516
8.
Piano Piece in F-sharp major - Klavierstück Fis-Dur
R. 61 G. 193
9.
Ave Maria (für die grosse Klavierschule von Lebert und Stark)
R. 67 G. 182
10.
Alleluja
R. 68/1 G. 183
11.
Berceuse (2. változat - 2nd version - 2. Fassung)
R. 57/b G. 174
12.
Slavimo slavno slaveni!
R. 196 G. 503
13.
La Notte *
R. 664 G. 699
Acknowledgement
Sound samples are used by the permission of Hungaroton Records, BMCBBCC and the composers.

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