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gfds

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Liszt Indian Dance

on: January 08, 2012, 01:20:32 PM

Hey guys! Check this out, I just discovered this piece by Liszt, did you already know about it? The performance/performer look thrilling

Cheeers!

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Re: Liszt Indian Dance

Reply #1 on: January 08, 2012, 08:07:11 PM

Quote from: gfds on January 08, 2012, 01:20:32 PM

Hey guys! Check this out, I just discovered this piece by Liszt, did you already know about it? The performance/performer look thrilling
Cheeers!

Do you know what Liszt meant by "Indian" in this piece? Is it Red Indian in the Americas or Indian in Asia?

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Beethoven - Sonata in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 12
Chopin - Fantasie Impromptu, Nocturn in C sharp minor, Op post
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Re: Liszt Indian Dance

Reply #2 on: January 08, 2012, 10:00:36 PM

Thanks for sharing

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Re: Liszt Indian Dance

Reply #3 on: January 08, 2012, 11:36:09 PM

It's a transcription from Meyerbeer's Opera "l'Africaine" (the African lady) which is the story of Vasco de Gama's trip to Madagascar, so I guess it's "afro-indian" haha!
...the pianist should've worn a feather mask instead of his curls

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Reply #4 on: January 09, 2012, 12:58:05 AM

Thanks a lot for sharing. I never knew that this piece ever existed until now. Definitely one of the most neglected pieces of Liszt. Probably the the common Liszt pieces everyone hears comprises about only 10/20 percent of his piano output.

Quote from: gfds on January 08, 2012, 11:36:09 PM

...the pianist should've worn a feather mask instead of his curls

I agree

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Reply #5 on: January 09, 2012, 10:21:43 AM

Totally agree! The hungarian rhapsodies, H-moll sonata, années de pélerinage (etc..) are 20% of what Liszt could have amazingly composed!

recently discovered another thrilling paraphrase on themes from Haendel's great Sarabande. I've recorded it too, so I'll post it soon

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