Bagatelle sans tonalité

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Bagatelle sans tonalité ("Bagatelle without tonality", S.216a) is a piece for solo piano written by Franz Liszt in 1885. Although it is a departure from tonality the piece is often considered as a prediction of the direction of art music rather than a part of the atonal movement. According to some critics, this Bagatelle also stands as a fifth Mephisto-waltz.[1]

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  1. ^ Walker, Alan (1997). Franz Liszt: The Final Years, (1861-1886). Cornell University Press, 446. ISBN 0-8014-8453-7.  (referred to as the fourth bagatelle, not the fifth, perhaps because the fifth was not known to the pianist, Hugo Mansfeldt quoted.)