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Frédéric Chopin: Un hommage au maître de la musique romantique par Franz Liszt
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) ne connaissait pas de meilleur interprète de ses Etudes que son ami Franz Liszt. Dès sa mort, oubliant les querelles du passé, celui-ci entreprend de "faire parler son affliction sur sa pierre sépulcrale". Son livre, "remarquable sous le rapport du style et de la fantaisie" (Théophile Gautier), paraît en 1851. Liszt y défend l'enfermement de Chopin "dans le cadre exclusif du piano", souligne l'inspiration polonaise de son oeuvre, la délicatesse de ses manières, évoque aussi le souvenir d'un récital au domicile du virtuose, son "hiver au midi de l'Europe" avec George Sand, son ultime voyage à Londres et les derniers instants de sa vie, à Paris, entouré de ses amis. Plus que la Pologne où il est né, plus que la France qui l'accueillit et qu'il aima, la "patrie de l'âme" fut la vraie patrie de Chopin. Liszt l'exprime dans ces pages qui célèbrent, avec élan et générosité, un poète plus encore qu'un musicien.
248 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 26, 2022
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Franz Liszt
2,516 books41 followersFranz Liszt (1811, Doborján, Hungary - 1886, Bayreuth, Germany)(Hungarian: Ferencz Liszt, in modern usage Ferenc Liszt, from 1859 to 1865 officially Franz Ritter von Liszt) (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher. He was also the father-in-law of Richard Wagner.
Liszt became renowned throughout Europe for his great skill as a performer during the 1800s. He is said to have been the most technically advanced and perhaps greatest pianist of all time. He was also an important and influential composer, a notable piano teacher, a conductor who contributed significantly to the modern development of the art, and a benefactor to other composers and performers, notably Richard Wagner and Hector Berlioz.
As a composer, Liszt was one of the most prominent representatives of the “neudeutsche schule” (“New German School”). He left behind a huge and diverse body of work, in which he influenced his forward-looking contemporaries and anticipated some 20th-century ideas and trends. Some of his most notable contributions were the invention of the symphonic poem, developing the concept of thematic transformation as part of his experiments in musical form and making radical departures in harmony.
Liszt became renowned throughout Europe for his great skill as a performer during the 1800s. He is said to have been the most technically advanced and perhaps greatest pianist of all time. He was also an important and influential composer, a notable piano teacher, a conductor who contributed significantly to the modern development of the art, and a benefactor to other composers and performers, notably Richard Wagner and Hector Berlioz.
As a composer, Liszt was one of the most prominent representatives of the “neudeutsche schule” (“New German School”). He left behind a huge and diverse body of work, in which he influenced his forward-looking contemporaries and anticipated some 20th-century ideas and trends. Some of his most notable contributions were the invention of the symphonic poem, developing the concept of thematic transformation as part of his experiments in musical form and making radical departures in harmony.
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