Date of Award
2020
Keywords
Franz Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsodies, Des Bohémiens et de leur musique en Hongrie, Style hongrois, Performance practice, performance style, historical performance, piano performance, historically informed performance, early recordings, piano rolls, Arthur Friedheim, Arthur de Greef, Alfred Reisenauer, Emil von Sauer, Eugen d’Albert, Alexander Siloti, Bernhard Stavenhagen, Josef Weiss, Richard Burmeister, Vera Timanova, Georg Liebling, Moriz Rosenthal
Document Type
Thesis
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Degree Name
Master of Arts (Performing Arts)
School
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA)
First Supervisor
Associate Professor Jonathan Paget
Second Supervisor
Associate Professor Stewart Smith
Abstract
Franz Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsodies (1851, 1853) have long been among the most popular collections of piano music. They have also long garnered a reputation for “superficial brilliance and effect” which seems to have influenced the way that famous pianists play the works in public. But would a performer immersed in the Liszt tradition have approached them differently? This dissertation aims to promote a re-evaluation of the Hungarian Rhapsodies from this perspective: considering Liszt’s own ideas on music and performance, the writings and recordings of his pupils, and Liszt’s book Des Bohémiens et de leur musique en Hongrie (1859).
Recommended Citation
Williams, N. M. (2020). A study on performing the Hungarian Rhapsodies in the Liszt tradition. Edith Cowan University. Retrieved from https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2360