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Q quasi – like (quasi una fantasia – like a fantasy) quasi – almost (quasi allegro – almost fast) R rallentando – getting slower ...

sospirando – sighing sostenuto – sustained, lengthened sotto voce – subdued as if speaking under one’s breath staccato – detache ...

volti subito (v.s.) – turn the page quickly W wenig (Ger) – a little, not much Z zärlzheit (Ger) – beat zart (Ger) – tender zart ...

Wensleydale Press, Ashfield, 2006. The piece was Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody no.1, which is rarely performed in public, and the r ...

1825 Babcock invents iron frame for piano 1825 Pape introduces felt covered hammers 1826 Pape invents over-stringing (cross-stri ...

of the performance of a piano composition, from small volume differences, nuances from note to note, tone matching, voicing, rub ...

Composers are sometimes casual in making a clear distinction between staccato dots and staccatissimo wedges. This problem someti ...

It is difficult, however, to establish any clear causality in these musical genealogies, having regard to the range of influence ...

A piano used for a concert is tuned before each concert and sometimes during the interval as well. Most domestic pianos should b ...

The sources for an ürtext edition include the autograph (that is, the manuscript produced in the composer’s hand), hand copies m ...

VIOLE Rudolf Viole (1825-1867) was a composition pupil of Liszt. His Sonata in B flat opus 1 was published in 1855, only one yea ...

On some occasions it will not be difficult to bring out a melody because of where the melody is placed on the piano in relation ...

to our numbers here! But that an inescapable fate forbids, and for me every joy and exaltation ends with an anxious cry to my in ...

In the mean time, Nicholas made a cameo but unwelcome appearance at the Altenburg in September 1852 to discuss the terms of his ...

ecclesiastical Latin language, make fascinating reading for anyone so minded. They show the efforts Carolyne made over a number ...

XYLOPHONE A musical instrument in the percussion family, the modern western-style xylophone consists of bars of rosewood or fibr ...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Gerard Carter holds the degrees of Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney, pr ...

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PUBLICATIONS BY WENSLEYDALE PRESS Franz Liszt's Piano Sonata: Gerard Carterdiscussion and analysis of Franz Liszt's Piano Sonata ...

the mysterious tradition of the Klindworth D natural in the Liszt Sonata; and some astonishing discoveries about the golden rati ...