Hungarian Rhapsody


The Hungarian Rhapsodies, S.244, R106, is a set of 19 piano pieces based on Hungarian folk themes, composed by Franz Liszt during 1846-1853, and later in 1882 and 1885. Liszt additionally arranged versions for orchestra, piano duet and piano trio.

Liszt incorporated many themes which he had heard in his native Hungary and which he believed to be folk music, though many were in fact tunes written by contemporary composers[citations needed], often played by Roma (Gypsy) bands. The large scale structure of each was influenced by the verbunkos, a Hungarian dance in several parts, each with a different tempo. The set is as follows:

No. 1 in E major (á son ami E. Zerdahely)
No. 2 in C-sharp minor (au Comte Ladislas Teleky)
No. 3 in B-flat minor (au Comte Leo Festetics)
No. 4 in E-flat major (au Comte Casimir Esterházy)
No. 5 in E minor, Héroïde-élégiaque (Comtesse Sidonie Reviczky)
No. 6 in D-flat major (au Comte Antoine d'Appony)
No. 7 in D minor (au Baron Fery Orczy)
No. 8 in F-sharp minor (á Anton Augusz)
No. 9 in E-flat major, Pesther Carneval (á H. W. Ernst)
No. 10 in E major (á Béni Egressy)
No. 11 in A minor (au Baron Fery Orczy)
No. 12 in C-sharp minor (á Joseph Joachim)
No. 13 in A minor (au Comte Leo Festetics)
No. 14 in F major (á Hans von Bülow)
No. 15 in A minor, Rákóczy-Marsch
No. 16 in A minor (Budapest Munkácsy-Festlichkeiten)
No. 17 in D minor
No. 18 in F-sharp minor (ungarischen Ausstellung in Budapest)
No. 19 in D minor, d'après les 'Csárdás nobles' de K. Ábrányi (sr)


Hungarian Rhapsody #2 - Victor Borge




Hungarian Rhapsody #2 - Maksim Mrvica




Hungarian Rhapsody #4




Hungarian Rhapsody #6




Hungarian Rhapsody #8




Hungarian Rhapsody #9




Hungarian Rhapsody #10




Hungarian Rhapsody #11




Hungarian Rhapsody #12




Hungarian Rhapsody #13




Hungarian Rhapsody #15

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