Thursday, December 15, 2011

Liszt - Symphonic Poem #6 'Mazeppa'#85

Liszt - Symphonic Poem #6 'Mazeppa'

Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) was a symphonic poem, playing a little literature, art or other non - musical instruments inspired by the source generator. He wrote this piece of animation as well as the use of thirteen different subjects.

Liszt's symphonic poem # 6 Ivan Mazeppa, who was born in Lithuania in 1639 and was inspired by the legend. He was the aristocracy, and the legend that he was married with a Polish princess, that many older people had a love affair. When the husband's punishment as a matter of Mazeppa and his clothes were stripped and tied to a horse, and set free to run about the garden. Ukraine, the horse, Mazeppa our ordeal, and Cossasks, who eventually made their Hetman was the highest rank in the military who could not be found.



Although only a fable, it is, painter of the Romantic era inspired musicians. Lord Byron, Victor Hugo and Alexander Pushkin wrote about the poem, Liszt and Tchaikovsky's music is based on, and there are a lot of paintings inspired by.

Liszt's first piano pieces, a legend, based on the set of his Transcendental Etudes, first published in 1837, then revised the revisions in 1852, wrote in print. Set of 4 Etude Mazeppa, and remains the most technically difficult piece of piano repertoire, for one. And the orchestral version of Liszt's piano version and the original instrument to separate the idea of ​​some of the expansion.

Playing through the presentation of wilderness poetry riding, horse hoofs of the batter, and the rider of Mazeppa Cossacks who had been found by a triumphant bosom.





Mazeppa by Franz Liszt, followed by a remarkable performance of the original piano piece:




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