Mephisto Waltz and Other Works for Solo Piano (Dover Classical Piano Music) - Softcover

Liszt, Franz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486281477 ISBN 13: 9780486281476

Publisher: Dover Publications, 1994

Synopsis

A prolific composer and virtuoso pianist, Franz Liszt (1811–1886) was the most lionized musical personality of his time. His compositions for solo piano continue to be loved and admired by pianists and their audiences for their lush Romanticism and technical fireworks. They remain among the most frequently performed works in the repertoire. This choice selection of Liszt piano works reveals the powers at this extraordinary composer's command: Mephisto Waltz No.1; Nuages Gris; Liebesträume Nos. 1, 2 & 3; Grand Galop Chromatique; Polonaises Nos. 1 & 2; Valse-Impromptu in A-flat Major; Fantasia and Fugue on the Theme BACH; La Lugubre Gondola I & II; Valse Oubliée No. 1; Czárdás Macabre; Gretchen (from A Faust Symphony); Unstern: Sinsitre, Disastro; and Rhapsodie Espagnole.

About this title

About the Author:

Composer, conductor, and teacher Franz Liszt (1811–86) was renowned throughout Europe for his skills as a concert pianist. The quintessential romantic, he created an extensive and diverse oeuvre that ranges from influential experiments in musical form to more conventional pieces as well as transcriptions of works by other composers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0486281477
• ISBN 13: 9780486281476
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192