AMBITION Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Performed by Sergei Rachmaninoff
PIANO Favorite Instrument Favorite Piece Demarcation Line
FRANZ LISZT Born October 22, 1811 Died July 31, 1886
EARLY LIFE Born in Hungary Only child Learned to play piano from his father Age 6 – recognized as a prodigy Age 9 – composing music, performing
LISZTOMANIA! Liszt – sex-symbol celebrity – click here!here
Liszt and the L adies L adies
Settling Down
SERGEI VASSILIEVICH RACHMANINOFF Born: April 1, 1873 Died: March 18, 1943
EARLY LIFE Born in Russia Five siblings Wealthy, musical parents Sister died Parents separated
MOSCOW Student of Nikolai Zverev at the Moscow Conservatory
Russia Denmark New York
RACHMANINOFF & LISZT
MUSIC ANALYSIS Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Composed by Franz Liszt – Performed by Sergei Rachmaninoff Lassan 0:01 – 6:08 Stately, Beautiful, Melancholy
Friska 6:08 – 10:31 Bright, Fast, Fun
Rachmaninoff’s Cadenza 10:31 – 13:20 Minor key, Russian sound, Technically Amazing
End 13:20 – 13:42 Return to Major key Big Chords End
“ ” My piano is to me what a ship is to the sailor, what a steed is to the Arab. It is the intimate personal depository of everything that stirred wildly in my brain during the most impassioned days of my youth. It was there that all my wishes, all my dreams, all my joys, and all my sorrows lay. Franz Liszt 1811 – 1886
Credits (Works Cited/Bibliography) “Sergei Rachmaninoff.” Classical.net. Web. 30 June [ “Fun Trivia: Liszt.” FunTrivia.com. Web. 30 June [ "Franz Liszt." Bio. A&E Television Networks, Web. 30 June [ Jacobsen, Julius H. The Classical Music Experience: Discover the Music of the World’s Greatest Composers. Illinois: Sourcebooks, Inc., Print. “Franz Liszt.” Classical.net. Web. 30 June [ “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2.” Composed by Franz Liszt. Recorded by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Rhapsody.com. Web. 30 June [ arrangements/track/hungarian-rhapsody-no-2arrangements/track/hungarian-rhapsody-no-2]
Pictures Slide 2 – Piano keys. Microsoft Office Clipart. Slide 3 – Franz Liszt shortly before his death. By Nadar, March Public Domain. Accessed on Wikipedia. 10 July Web. [ png] Slide 4 – Franz Liszt as a child. [ Slide 5 – Franz Liszt the brooding sex-symbol. [ Slide 5 – Victorian Lady. [ Slide 6 – Franz Liszt the lover. [ /] Slide 6 – Four Ladies [ love_12.html] ***This website claims that Franz Liszt had at least 26 serious affairs, as well as other fling-type relationships. It’s not a super credible source, but other things I’ve read also suggest he was quite the philanderer.
Pictures (cont.) Slide 7 – Franz Liszt and the Princess Carolyne Say-Wittgenstein. [ ***This is a great site about Liszt, if you speak Dutch. (My mom does—yay for me! ) Slide 7 – St. Cecilia Medallion. Found in Google Images. Original site [ no longer available. Slides 8-12,15 – Rachmaninoff. [ Slide 11 – Russia. [ Slide 11 – Denmark. [ Slide 11 – New York. [ Slide 12 – Franz Liszt at the piano. [ Slide 13 – Tom Cat. From Tom & Jerry’s Cat Concerto. [ jerry-hungarian-rhapsody-no-2-liszt/]. Slide 14 – Bugs Bunny. From Rhapsody Rabbit. [ Slide 16 – Mickey Mouse. From The Opry House. [ opry-house-1929]
WANT MORE? Vist Rhapsody.com to hear the version of Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 used for this Music Analysis.Rhapsody.com Click here to see a video about the use of Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in popular cartoons.here (This is great!) Like the Muppets? See Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 with Rowlf and Victor Borge.Rowlf and Victor Borge Mickey MouseMickey Mouse. This has a bunch of other stuff mixed in with the Rhapsody, but I love Mickey’s Liszt hairdo. Rhapsody in RivetsRhapsody in Rivets. Probably my favorite cartoon version of the Rhapsody; I love the panting dogs in the Friska.