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In the pantheon of French music, Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) often seems a paradox—an innovator cloaked in restraint, a Romantic by birth who shaped the contours of modern French music with quiet insistence. Piano Street now provides sheet music for his complete piano works: a body of music that resists spectacle, even as it brims with invention and brilliance. Read more

Topic: Stand-Alone, Romantic period Slow movements  (Read 1501 times)

Offline dnephi

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Stand-Alone, Romantic period Slow movements
on: February 20, 2008, 08:39:19 PM
I'm constructing an artificial sonata, using an allegro, a scherzo, an adagio, and a rondo finale of separate pieces, put together.

Does anyone have a recommendation of a Liszt slow movemet piece to contrast with some spectacular fireworks?  If not, do you recommend another romantic piece?

Thanks,

Daniel
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.)