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Franz Liszt

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

Ea r l y C a r e e r

• 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

Ea r l y C a re e r C o n ti n u e d

• 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

Pe rs o n a l L i fe• 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.”

Pe rs o n a l L i fe C o n ti n u e d

• 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

F re n c h Re v o l u ti o n

• 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

Po s t F r e n c h Re v o l u ti o n

• At Age 22 Liszt Met 28 Year Old Marie

• They Had Three Children: Blandine, Cosima, And Daniel

M a r i e a n d C o s i m a

L a te r Ye a rs

• 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 te r Ye a rs C o n ti 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 Ro o m At We i m a r

F i n a l Ye a rs

• 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

A b o u t H u n g a r i a n R h a p s o d y N o . 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

A b o u t H u n g a r i a n R h a p s o d y N o . 2 C o n ti n u e d

• 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

A n a l y s i s• 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

A b o u t L i e b e s t ra u m

• 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

A b o u t L i e b e s t ra u m C o n ti n u e d

• 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

A n a l y s i s• 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.

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Oct. 2013.• Rodman, Michael. "AllMusic." AllMusic. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2013.• Nat. "Plink, Plonk, Plunk." : Liebestraum No. 3. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2013.• "O Love, Love as Long as You Can!" O Love, Love as Long as You Can! N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2013.

<http://www.recmusic.org/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=28441>.• Rodda, Richard E., Dr. "About the Music." N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2013.

<http://www.harrisburgsymphony.org/MW1.pdf>.• Shinn, Duane. "The Story of Franz Liszt's "Liebestraum"" Ezinearticles. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2013.• "HUP! A Complete Utterance." : Liebestraum No. 3. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Oct. 2013.

<http://huputterance.blogspot.com/2010/07/liebestraum-no-3.html>.• "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2." By Franz Lizst Songfacts. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2013.

<http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=21899>.• "Franz Liszt Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013.

<http://www.biography.com/people/franz-liszt-9383467>.• http://www.gutenberg.org/files/39754/39754-h/39754-h.htm• Estrella, Espie. "Top 10 Love Affairs of Famous Romantic Composers." About.com Music Education. N.p.,

n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013. <http://musiced.about.com/od/famousmusicians1/tp/loveaffairs.htm>.• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYM84n-2Sas