HMU111H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Franz Liszt, Antonio Salieri, Gesamtkunstwerk
1 Apr 2016
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Early career based in vienna (studied with czerny and salieri) and paris. Spectacular piano virtuosity and intense personal magnetism made him a. Inspired by paganini, he virtually invented the solo piano recital. Court music director/conductor, premiered works by wagner. 13 symphonic poems program music with literary inspirations (les. Liszt in his last years (1860s/70s) moved to rome, wrote choral music. 1850 to 1870 classical symphony falls out, caused by the genres pioneered by liszt and the new germans" (taruskin: 1870 revival of the symphonic tradition. Revival of a classicist tradition of abstract composition begins with brahms. Grew up within modern conception of classical music. He used themes of haydn, handel, etc. and based some movements of his works on baroque models. Model for composers of late 19th and early 20th centuries (dvorak, mahler: some would rebel against own background (nationalist movements, dvorak: used brahms as an important model, but was also very insistent on his czech heritage.
