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pjaul

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What are some of your favorite pieces that express the emotion of longing? I know this is very subjective, but I've been feeling this emotion a lot lately so I am interested in anyone's and everyone's perspective.

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cluey

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Re: longing

Reply #1 on: July 12, 2013, 02:50:22 AM

Un Sospiro - Liszt. The opening measures, gives a sense of yearning.

Nocturne in D Flat Major - Chopin

Bach's Prelude and Fugue no. 22 in B Flat Minor, book 1

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JCarey

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Re: longing

Reply #2 on: July 14, 2013, 04:49:56 PM

Godowsky -- "Yearning" from Four Poems

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rachmaninoff_forever

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Re: longing

Reply #3 on: July 14, 2013, 05:02:28 PM

Everything by Rachmaninoff.

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asiantraveller101

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Re: longing

Reply #4 on: July 14, 2013, 06:27:37 PM

Many of Schubert's music, especially his slow music and movements, encapsulates sehnsucht and in Chopin's music, especially his mazurkas, the Polish zal. One of my favorite by Schubert is the Grazer Fantaisie.
I discover recently that many of Benjamin Godard's works also contains a tinge of longing and bittersweet sadness.

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