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Liszt, Franz : Ballade nr.2 h-moll S.171 R.16

Work Overview

Music ID : 557
Composition Year：1853　
Publication Year：1854
Instrumentation：Piano Solo　
Genre：Various works
Total Playing Time：14 min 30 sec
Copyright：Public Domain
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Author : PTNA Piano Encyclopedia Editorial Department

Last Updated: January 1, 2010
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

Liszt composed two ballads for solo piano, which, rather than being musical settings of specific narratives, are works imbued with poetic and dramatic lyricism. Of Liszt's two ballads, this Second Ballade, overwhelmingly more frequently performed, is a substantial work written in 1853, the same year the B minor Sonata was completed.

The piece features contrasting themes: a broadly sweeping, masculine melody and a graceful, delicate, feminine melody. Amidst various virtuosic techniques such as chromaticism and octaves, the music expands fantastically, intensely, and dramatically.

Writer: PTNA Piano Encyclopedia Editorial Department

Author : Ooi, Kazurou

Last Updated: May 12, 2015
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