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Topic: Liszt's Danse Macabre, S. 555 (after Saint-Saens, not Totentanz) - tips? (Read 2129 times)

exigence

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Liszt's Danse Macabre, S. 555 (after Saint-Saens, not Totentanz) - tips?

on: August 16, 2006, 01:52:24 AM

I've been listening to this thing obsessively for the past several weeks. I've given it a few run-throughs, but several bits of it (left-hand melody with just the right phrasing, those speedy octaves, so forth) are particularly bothersome at the moment.

Just curious if anyone plays this well and has any advice to offer. For some reason, this is one of just a few songs out of thousands I have that is pretty much jaw-dropping to me.

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Re: Liszt's Danse Macabre, S. 555 (after Saint-Saens, not Totentanz) - tips?

Reply #1 on: August 16, 2006, 02:39:13 AM

I'm sorry I can't help... Is it sweet music?

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For us musicians, the music of Beethoven is the pillar of fire and cloud of mist which guided the Israelites through the desert. (Roughly quoted, Franz Liszt.)

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Re: Liszt's Danse Macabre, S. 555 (after Saint-Saens, not Totentanz) - tips?

Reply #2 on: August 16, 2006, 03:43:39 AM

Quote from: dnephi on August 16, 2006, 02:39:13 AM

I'm sorry I can't help... Is it sweet music?

Sweet as in Liebestraume / many of the nocturnes? the middle section is, but the rest isn't.

Sweet as in "whoa, sweet!" - I think so

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Re: Liszt's Danse Macabre, S. 555 (after Saint-Saens, not Totentanz) - tips?

Reply #3 on: August 16, 2006, 05:56:15 AM

learn the Horowitz transcription. And hire a good physio.

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Re: Liszt's Danse Macabre, S. 555 (after Saint-Saens, not Totentanz) - tips?

Reply #4 on: August 16, 2006, 06:18:02 AM

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Bach - Partita No.2
Scriabin - Etude 8/12
Debussy - L'isle Joyeuse
Liszt - Un Sospiro

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Topic: Liszt's Danse Macabre, S. 555 (after Saint-Saens, not Totentanz) - tips? (Read 2129 times)

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