1. AMBITION Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Performed by Sergei Rachmaninoff

2. PIANO Favorite Instrument Favorite Piece Demarcation Line

3. FRANZ LISZT Born October 22, 1811 Died July 31, 1886

4. 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

5. LISZTOMANIA!  Liszt – sex-symbol celebrity – click here!here 

6. Liszt and the L adies L adies

7. Settling Down

8. SERGEI VASSILIEVICH RACHMANINOFF Born: April 1, 1873 Died: March 18, 1943

9. EARLY LIFE Born in Russia Five siblings Wealthy, musical parents Sister died Parents separated

10. MOSCOW Student of Nikolai Zverev at the Moscow Conservatory

11. Russia Denmark New York

12. RACHMANINOFF & LISZT

13. MUSIC ANALYSIS Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Composed by Franz Liszt – Performed by Sergei Rachmaninoff Lassan 0:01 – 6:08 Stately, Beautiful, Melancholy

14. Friska 6:08 – 10:31 Bright, Fast, Fun

15. Rachmaninoff’s Cadenza 10:31 – 13:20 Minor key, Russian sound, Technically Amazing

16. End 13:20 – 13:42 Return to Major key Big Chords End

17. “ ” 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

18. Credits (Works Cited/Bibliography) “Sergei Rachmaninoff.” Classical.net. Web. 30 June 2014. [http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/rachmaninoff.php]http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/rachmaninoff.php “Fun Trivia: Liszt.” FunTrivia.com. Web. 30 June 2014. [http://www.funtrivia.com/en/Music/Liszt-7907.html]http://www.funtrivia.com/en/Music/Liszt-7907.html "Franz Liszt." Bio. A&E Television Networks, 2014. Web. 30 June 2014. [http://www.biography.com/people/franz-liszt-9383467]http://www.biography.com/people/franz-liszt-9383467 Jacobsen, Julius H. The Classical Music Experience: Discover the Music of the World’s Greatest Composers. Illinois: Sourcebooks, Inc., 2003. Print. “Franz Liszt.” Classical.net. Web. 30 June 2014. [http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/liszt.php]http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/liszt.php “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2.” Composed by Franz Liszt. Recorded by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Rhapsody.com. Web. 30 June 2014. [http://app.rhapsody.com/artist/various-artists/album/piano-transcriptions-and-http://app.rhapsody.com/artist/various-artists/album/piano-transcriptions-and- arrangements/track/hungarian-rhapsody-no-2arrangements/track/hungarian-rhapsody-no-2]

19. Pictures Slide 2 – Piano keys. Microsoft Office Clipart. Slide 3 – Franz Liszt shortly before his death. By Nadar, March 1886. Public Domain. Accessed on Wikipedia. 10 July 2014. Web. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Liszt#mediaviewer/File:Franz_Liszt_by_Nadar,_March_ 1886.png] Slide 4 – Franz Liszt as a child. [http://www.seniorplaza.nl/Componisten_Liszt.htm] Slide 5 – Franz Liszt the brooding sex-symbol. [http://www.classicfm.com/composers/liszt/guides/liszt-early-sex-symbol-celebrity/] Slide 5 – Victorian Lady. [http://thegraphicsfairy.com/free-vintage-image-victorian-woman-scrap/] Slide 6 – Franz Liszt the lover. [http://tehparadox.com/forum/f55/classical-franz-liszt-favourite-piano- 2402018/] Slide 6 – Four Ladies [http://miho-entwistle.blogspot.com/2011/09/franz-liszts-dangerous- 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.

20. Pictures (cont.) Slide 7 – Franz Liszt and the Princess Carolyne Say-Wittgenstein. [http://www.labdarugo.be/Liszt.htm] ***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 [www.peruvianconnection.com] no longer available. Slides 8-12,15 – Rachmaninoff. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Rachmaninoff] Slide 11 – Russia. [http://www.russian-for-tourism.eu/] Slide 11 – Denmark. [http://beauty-places.com/copenhagen/] Slide 11 – New York. [http://blog.libero.it/barbone777/] Slide 12 – Franz Liszt at the piano. [http://www.labdarugo.be/Liszt.htm] Slide 13 – Tom Cat. From Tom & Jerry’s Cat Concerto. [http://www.classical-music-world.com/tom- jerry-hungarian-rhapsody-no-2-liszt/]. Slide 14 – Bugs Bunny. From Rhapsody Rabbit. [http://www.sterow.com/?p=789] Slide 16 – Mickey Mouse. From The Opry House. [http://playrific.com/m/5442/mickey-mouse-the- opry-house-1929]

21. 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.