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Liszt, Franz : Der tanz in der dorfschenke (Erster mephisto-walzer) S.514 R.181

Work Overview

Music ID : 578
Composition Year：1859　
Instrumentation：Piano Solo　
Genre：Various works
Total Playing Time：11 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.

After completing the Faust Symphony, based on Goethe's Faust, Liszt then composed the orchestral works 'Night Procession' and 'Dance in the Village Inn', based on Lenau's Faust. This 'Mephisto Waltz No. 1' is an arrangement of 'Dance in the Village Inn' for solo piano.

Mephisto plays a waltz on the violin, and people dance. Eventually, Mephisto, having found a girl named Margarete, slips away into the forest. In the night sky, a nightingale sings. This piece, which concretely expresses these narrative elements, simultaneously incorporates abundant virtuoso techniques, making it one of Liszt's representative challenging works. While the middle section is rich in romantic poetic sentiment, the opening and latter parts are far from elegant salon-style waltzes; instead, they are filled with tremendous energy akin to 'frenzied revelry', offering ample enjoyment of magnificent piano technique. Composed in 1860.

Writer: PTNA Piano Encyclopedia Editorial Department

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