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Transcendental Etude In F Minor Comparison
In Masterpieces of Music, I received the piece of Transcendental Etude in F minor, composed by Franz Liszt. The performer however on connect, is Claudio Arrau. This piece is different from each other by just the dynamic range, tempo, and style of the piece performed. Although many changes, there are also many similarities in the pieces. Before I can go into the similarities and differences, I will give a background on the original piece and composer. Then, I will speak on the actual differences/ similarities of each piece performed and how my least favorite piece could be better in my opinion.
To fully understand the piece, I had to understand the composer better. Per my sources, Franz was a Hungarian pianist and composer. He also was remembered
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The romantic period was an period full of art and literary that was all started on the grounds of Europe around 1800-1850. So, because of its period, the piece was automatically made to be sort of romantic. It’s a solo made in ternary form and has a broad area of dynamic range. The song could go from very soft to very loud. Its tempo could extend from slow to fast (or crescendo, decrescendo, ritardando, and accelerando). Also, this piece is unique because it’s in ternary form. Ternary form is when it’s in a three-part song sequence, usually the first section comes right after the second section ends. I’s technique would be A-B-A. Also, it’s called an Etude because it’s a short composition, usually for only one instrument, to show how well the pianist can play the …show more content…
The quality is much better because I can hear every single note and see that this is a naturally beautiful piece. The tempo seems to stay the same as far as the minute goes away, but the dynamic range switches up every 15-30 seconds if I say. At 1:30, I finally realize the tempo does change, but it’s transition is so smooth, I couldn’t tell. It’s peaceful and classy sounds gives away that this piece must have been for performing in front of an audience. It couldn’t be just for practice because it’s way too eloquent. It’s sound at 3:00 is so complex, you would think that it’s a second piano player on the keys with the pianist. At 4:00, you would think the piece is over by its stop in playing but it’s just setting its self-up to go deeper I this piece and show the complex usage of this piece and how extraordinary it

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