Thursday, December 15, 2011

Liszt - Totentanz (Dance Of Death) #114

Liszt - Totentanz (Dance Of Death)
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) was a Hungarian pianist, director and composer. He was a great one, if there is not the best pianist I have lived. His technical prowess and musical instruments by Niccolo Paganini Liszt after a concert he saw inspired play was in 1832. The grand piano, a violin virtuoso as Paganini was to the throat as well.

Richard Wagner was composing the first and the German New School that included a member. In fact, Wagner Act Wagner married Liszt's daughter, when his son became Cosima.


Liszt was a tone poem, or symphonic poems, music, and as a person, time or a place in history as a part of the non-musical instruments inspired by the originator. Totentanz, a symphonic poem for orchestra and solo piano writing. Romantic Age, which Liszt lived, with an interest in all things medieval. In the interests of Europe, one of the black death (bubonic plague), at the illustrations. Dancing by the gruesome images of death, people dying and bringing the show to celebrate. This album Memento Mori (Latin for "Remember, you can die), or the death dance is called. Formation of a fresco Pisa, Italy, in 1838 he was inspired by Liszt.



 Totentanz, the Gregorian chant melody on the piano and a set of variations for orchestra dies Irae (Judgement Day). Rachmaninoff's Isle of the Dead used the same tune. Two other compositions Rachmaninoff, Paganini and symphonic rhapsody on a theme of this measure is used. Berlioz in his Symphony Fantastique, which at the time of Liszt's premiere used to listen to this tune.

Totentanz piano and bass - heavy chords out of tune with the display when the orchestra dies Irae blares. It is a very modern-sounding piano, even today with its percussive quality and coordination. On the diversity of their music down to a final wrench that hit the bottom, thuds, and the end of their course, decline to run the orchestra and piano.



Totentanz by Liszt for piano and orchestra: