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Of Mazeppa's 5 versions, which is your favorite?

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S. 100 no. 6 (Symphonic Poems): 1 (16.7%)
S. 136 no. 4 (Etude en Douze Exercise): 0 (0%)
S. 137 no. 4 (Douze Grande Etudes): 0 (0%)
S. 138: 1 (16.7%)
S. 139 no. 4 (Transcendental Etudes): 4 (66.7%)

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liszt-and-the-galops

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Of Mazeppa's 5 versions, which is your favorite?

on: July 22, 2024, 03:39:31 PM

Which is your favorite version of Mazeppa?

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Re: Of Mazeppa's 5 versions, which is your favorite?

Reply #1 on: July 23, 2024, 02:48:52 PM

I didn't even know it had five versions! I have to say, the transcendental etude version is my favorite.

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Re: Of Mazeppa's 5 versions, which is your favorite?

Reply #2 on: July 26, 2024, 04:45:00 AM

Quote from: lelle on July 23, 2024, 02:48:52 PM

I didn't even know it had five versions! I have to say, the transcendental etude version is my favorite.

It really is insane how much Liszt seemed to like the idea of making "Mazeppa" a piece.
La Campanella is the other Liszt etude with five versions, and even that is a stretch. (In order to get 5 for La Campanella, you have to count La Clochette, as well as both versions of S. 700.)

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Re: Of Mazeppa's 5 versions, which is your favorite?

Reply #3 on: July 26, 2024, 05:17:05 AM

On the topic of highly revised works, Bruckner was known to revise his symphonies many times because he was worried about many small issues that had hefty workarounds. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versions_and_editions_of_Bruckner%27s_symphonies

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last 3 schubert sonatas and piano trios are something else

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Re: Of Mazeppa's 5 versions, which is your favorite?

Reply #4 on: July 26, 2024, 01:33:45 PM

Quote from: liszt-and-the-galops on July 22, 2024, 03:39:31 PM

Which is your favorite version of Mazeppa?

What are the 5 versions?

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Re: Of Mazeppa's 5 versions, which is your favorite?

Reply #5 on: July 26, 2024, 09:40:10 PM

Quote from: pianistavt on July 26, 2024, 01:33:45 PM

What are the 5 versions?

I listed them in the poll:
S. 100 Symphonic Etudes no. 6 (far-removed from the other four, but still a "Mazeppa")
S. 136 Etude en Douze Exercise no. 4 (Liszt's first --and easiest-- version of Mazeppa, written while he was still a teenager)
S. 137 Douze Grande Etudes no. 4 (the second version of the Etude, written in 1837)
S. 138 (a revision of the S. 137 version)
S. 139 Transcendental Etudes no. 4 (the most famous version)

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