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Offline pjaul

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longing
on: July 12, 2013, 02:34:22 AM
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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Offline 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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Offline 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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Offline 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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Offline 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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Offline ale_ius

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Re: longing
Reply #5 on: July 22, 2013, 11:52:15 AM
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Offline g_s_223

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Re: longing
Reply #6 on: July 22, 2013, 10:25:16 PM
If unrequited:


If requited, but absent:

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Offline j_menz

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Re: longing
Reply #7 on: July 23, 2013, 02:21:35 AM
Quote from: g_s_223 on July 22, 2013, 10:25:16 PM
If unrequited:

Why leave it unrequited:

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