What I'm trying to show you today is just a little overview to capsulate some general differences in the works of Chopin and Liszt. I hope you've enjoyed it. Thanks for joining me, Robert Estrin, here at livingpianos. Thank you for your comment, question or request! Your browser needs to have Javascript enabled in order to display this page correctly.
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Robert - host, on May 12, am PST Pianists must learn to adjust to different instruments wherever they play, not just acoustic and digital, but also upright and grand, baby grand to concert grand, as well as differences among different categories of instruments. Digital pianos have already supplanted the vast majority of bottom tier pianos because they offer far better performance with the current state of technology.
As the years go on, hybrid pianos which utilize elements of of acoustic and digital pianos will undoubtedly become a greater proportion of piano sales. The secret is not trying to be mathematical. You must find a way to fit the notes in musically. I will make a video describing how to approach this. Chopin and Liszt are two of the greatest romanticists in musical history. But their work also ventures out of the aesthetics of the romantic style of the nineteenth century. Both composers look to the future and the new horizons of musical development.
Jul, 4. Definitely Chopin. Hits me in the brain and the heart. Jul, 5. I like them both, though I only know a few pieces by either. It seems a pity to run them off against each other. But I voted Chopin, because I've been familiar with him since childhood, as my dear Granny used to play some of his pieces to me; and more recently Taggart has introduced me to his 'Tolling Bells' prelude in B minor, which always conjures up for me the image of dark mysterious Polish forests My fiddle my joy.
CypressWillow , Taggart , Ondine and 1 others liked this post. Jul, 6. I'm not overly fond of the piano works from either of them, though Chopin's come across as bit tastier, but I voted Liszt for his tone poems, especially Les Preludes. Jul, 7. How many more times I wonder? Chopin did nothing really for the advancement of music,Liszt did a monstrous amount across the board.
I don't believe that most people who make the usual comments --as above--have the slightest idea as to his accomplishments. Tastier is a musical term outside my ken. Fools talk because they have to say something, wise men talk because they have something to say. Jul, 8. I see your point about virtuosity. Trouble is I prefer Baroque, hence Liszt gets my vote as being less sentimental. Chopin's piano works are often technically demanding, emphasizing nuance and expressive depth but Chopin was not a piano maestro in the way that Liszt was.
For the families of Liszt and Chopin, this meant a sacrifice as neither were considered to be wealthy. As their talents grew, Chopin was sent to Warsaw study with Zywny and Elsner; Liszt had the enviable opportunity to learn with Czerny. For the developing pianists, these teachers proved to be immensely valuable, cultivating the formidable techniques each eventually had as well as their compositional styles. Each composer recognized this influence and showed lasting gratitude towards their mentors.
Until the age of twenty, home life for Chopin remained supportive and stable. He was able to study and develop his musical skills largely uninterrupted by the troubles of the world. Chopin not only nurtured his composition and pianistic skills but his love for Polish literature and poetry.
For Liszt, his early years more closely resembled those of a pop star. From the age of sixteen, Liszt lived in Paris and became embroiled in the excitement that surrounded him. Liszt focused solely on the piano leaving his broader education to another calmer time.
Unlike Chopin who always felt a deep connection with his homeland, Liszt left Hungary behind until disaster struck with the flooding of Only then did the composer pull his attention back towards traditional Hungarian music and his roots.
The reputation grew all be it in two separate countries of Chopin and Liszt. Through regular concert performances to the influential and powerful people of the day, the composers each secured themselves a career and a devoted following.
This was the start of many performances that Liszt and Chopin gave that across the fashionable salons of Paris. In these early days, each was heralded as a great virtuoso of equal merit and distinction.
Things began to sour somewhat between the composers in following a poorly judged dalliance Liszt had with Marie Pleyel.
Needless to say, these relationships, in turn, failed to leave each of the women to write novels about their experiences with Chopin and Liszt respectively, and somewhat unfavorably too.
You might imagine that with literary scandal, jilted lovers, and two distinct camps of admirers the two composers would never again align. Chopin did not live as long as Liszt and as his illness developed his relationship with nearly everyone shrank. The book, although quite flattering is not a genuine attempt by Franz Liszt to accurately detail the life of his colleague and fellow composer.
Chopin may not have enjoyed such a long and healthy life as Liszt but his output of compositions was equally impressive.
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