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Topic: What piece of Liszt is this?  (Read 1754 times)

Offline christina-lover

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What piece of Liszt is this?
on: January 10, 2009, 08:06:07 PM
I downloaded this sheet music from pianosociety.com; it was supposed to be valse melancolique of Liszt which is not!!  ::) Does anyone know the name and composer of this piece? (I've attatched only the first page) Was it even composed by Liszt?! Tnx.

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Offline mousekowski

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Re: What piece of Liszt is this?
Reply #1 on: January 10, 2009, 09:28:11 PM
Absolutely no idea. If you play it slowly to start with and then gradually speed it up it sounds a bit like the theme to 'Jaws'.
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Re: What piece of Liszt is this?
Reply #2 on: January 11, 2009, 08:22:51 PM
OK mystery solved!  ;) There are two versions of this valse: this is the first version, which was composed in 1839. The second version (the more famous one) is actually Caprice Valse No. 2. (see https://imslp.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Franz_Liszt_(S.1_-_S.350)#Works_in_Dance_Form S.210 & S.214).

In case anyone's looking for the second version's sheet music, it can be downloaded from https://imslp.org/wiki/Valses-Caprices%2C_S.214_(Liszt%2C_Franz). The first version is available in pianosociety.com.
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Offline gerryjay

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Re: What piece of Liszt is this?
Reply #3 on: January 11, 2009, 08:59:37 PM
Quote from: mousekowski on January 10, 2009, 09:28:11 PM
Absolutely no idea. If you play it slowly to start with and then gradually speed it up it sounds a bit like the theme to 'Jaws'.
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