Hungarian Rhapsodies

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The Hungarian Rhapsodies, S/G244, R106, (French: Rapsodies hongroises, German: Ungarische Rhapsodien) are a set of pieces of music by Franz Liszt, originally for solo piano.

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Liszt incorporated many themes which he had heard in his native Hungary and which he believed to be folk music, but which were in fact tunes written by contemporary composers, often played by Roma bands. The large scale structure of each was influenced by the verbunkos, a Hungarian dance in several parts, each with a different tempo. The set is as follows:

  • No. 1 in E major
  • No. 2 in C-sharp minor
  • No. 3 in B-flat major
  • No. 4 in E-flat major
  • No. 5 in E minor, Héroïde-élégiaque
  • No. 6 in D-flat major
  • No. 7 in D minor
  • No. 8 in F-sharp minor
  • No. 9 in E-flat major, Carnival of Pesth
  • No. 10 in E major
  • No. 11 in A minor
  • No. 12 in C-sharp minor
  • No. 13 in A minor
  • No. 14 in F minor
  • No. 15 in A minor, Rákóczi-Marsch
  • No. 16 in A minor, Magyar rapszódiá
  • No. 17 in D minor, tirée de l'album de Figaro
  • No. 18 in F-sharp minor, Magyar rapszódiák
  • No. 19 in D minor, d'après les 'Csárdás nobles' de K. Ábrányi (sr) (1885)

The first fifteen were published in the year 1853, with the last four being added in 1882 and 1885. Numbers 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, and 14 were arranged for orchestra by Franz Doppler with some participation by Liszt. Number 14 was also the basis of Liszt's Hungarian Fantasia for piano and orchestra. Some are better known than others, with number 2 being particularly famous.

In their original piano form, the Hungarian Rhapsodies are noted for their difficulty (Liszt was a virtuoso pianist as well as a composer).

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