AMBITION Franz Liszts Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Performed by Sergei Rachmaninoff PIANO Favorite Instrument Favorite Piece Demarcation Line FRANZ LISZT Born October 22, 1811 Died July 31, 1886 EARLY LIFE Born in Hungary Only child Learned to play piano from his father Age 6 recognized as a prodigy Age 9 composing music, performing LISZTOMANIA! Liszt sex-symbol celebrity click here!here Liszt and the L adies L adies Settling Down SERGEI VASSILIEVICH RACHMANINOFF Born: April 1, 1873 Died: March 18, 1943 EARLY LIFE Born in Russia Five siblings Wealthy, musical parents Sister died Parents separated MOSCOW Student of Nikolai Zverev at the Moscow Conservatory Russia Denmark New York RACHMANINOFF & LISZT MUSIC ANALYSIS Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 Composed by Franz Liszt Performed by Sergei Rachmaninoff Lassan 0:01 6:08 Stately, Beautiful, Melancholy Friska 6:08 10:31 Bright, Fast, Fun Rachmaninoffs Cadenza 10:31 13:20 Minor key, Russian sound, Technically Amazing End 13:20 13:42 Return to Major key Big Chords End My piano is to me what a ship is to the sailor, what a steed is to the Arab. It is the intimate personal depository of everything that stirred wildly in my brain during the most impassioned days of my youth. It was there that all my wishes, all my dreams, all my joys, and all my sorrows lay. Franz Liszt 1811 1886 Credits (Works Cited/Bibliography) Sergei Rachmaninoff. Classical.net. Web. 30 June [http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/rachmaninoff.php]http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/rachmaninoff.php Fun Trivia: Liszt. FunTrivia.com. Web. 30 June [http://www.funtrivia.com/en/Music/Liszt-7907.html]http://www.funtrivia.com/en/Music/Liszt-7907.html "Franz Liszt." Bio. A&E Television Networks, Web. 30 June [http://www.biography.com/people/franz-liszt ]http://www.biography.com/people/franz-liszt Jacobsen, Julius H. The Classical Music Experience: Discover the Music of the Worlds Greatest Composers. Illinois: Sourcebooks, Inc., Print. Franz Liszt. Classical.net. Web. 30 June [http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/liszt.php]http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/liszt.php Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2. Composed by Franz Liszt. Recorded by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Rhapsody.com. Web. 30 June [http://app.rhapsody.com/artist/various-artists/album/piano-transcriptions-and-http://app.rhapsody.com/artist/various-artists/album/piano-transcriptions-and- arrangements/track/hungarian-rhapsody-no-2arrangements/track/hungarian-rhapsody-no-2] Pictures Slide 2 Piano keys. Microsoft Office Clipart. Slide 3 Franz Liszt shortly before his death. By Nadar, March Public Domain. Accessed on Wikipedia. 10 July Web. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Liszt#mediaviewer/File:Franz_Liszt_by_Nadar,_March_ 1886.png] Slide 4 Franz Liszt as a child. [http://www.seniorplaza.nl/Componisten_Liszt.htm] Slide 5 Franz Liszt the brooding sex-symbol. [http://www.classicfm.com/composers/liszt/guides/liszt-early-sex-symbol-celebrity/] Slide 5 Victorian Lady. [http://thegraphicsfairy.com/free-vintage-image-victorian-woman-scrap/] Slide 6 Franz Liszt the lover. [http://tehparadox.com/forum/f55/classical-franz-liszt-favourite-piano /] Slide 6 Four Ladies [http://miho-entwistle.blogspot.com/2011/09/franz-liszts-dangerous- love_12.html] ***This website claims that Franz Liszt had at least 26 serious affairs, as well as other fling-type relationships. Its not a super credible source, but other things Ive read also suggest he was quite the philanderer. Pictures (cont.) Slide 7 Franz Liszt and the Princess Carolyne Say-Wittgenstein. [http://www.labdarugo.be/Liszt.htm] ***This is a great site about Liszt, if you speak Dutch. (My mom doesyay for me! ) Slide 7 St. Cecilia Medallion. Found in Google Images. Original site [www.peruvianconnection.com] no longer available. Slides 8-12,15 Rachmaninoff. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Rachmaninoff] Slide 11 Russia. [http://www.russian-for-tourism.eu/] Slide 11 Denmark. [http://beauty-places.com/copenhagen/] Slide 11 New York. [http://blog.libero.it/barbone777/] Slide 12 Franz Liszt at the piano. [http://www.labdarugo.be/Liszt.htm] Slide 13 Tom Cat. From Tom & Jerrys Cat Concerto. [http://www.classical-music-world.com/tom- jerry-hungarian-rhapsody-no-2-liszt/]. Slide 14 Bugs Bunny. From Rhapsody Rabbit. [http://www.sterow.com/?p=789] Slide 16 Mickey Mouse. From The Opry House. [http://playrific.com/m/5442/mickey-mouse-the- opry-house-1929] WANT MORE? Vist Rhapsody.com to hear the version of Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 used for this Music Analysis.Rhapsody.com Click here to see a video about the use of Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in popular cartoons.here (This is great!) Like the Muppets? See Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 with Rowlf and Victor Borge.Rowlf and Victor Borge Mickey MouseMickey Mouse. This has a bunch of other stuff mixed in with the Rhapsody, but I love Mickeys Liszt hairdo. Rhapsody in RivetsRhapsody in Rivets. Probably my favorite cartoon version of the Rhapsody; I love the panting dogs in the Friska.