The Music of Franz Liszt

Stylistic Development and Cultural Synthesis

Michael Saffle

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Routledge
30 June 2020

The Arts: General & Reference; Theory of music & musicology; Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900); Regional studies; Regional geography

Much of Franz Liszt's musical legacy has often been dismissed as 'trivial’ or 'merely showy,' more or less peripheral contributions to nineteenth-century European culture. But Liszt was a mainstream composer in ways most of his critics have failed to acknowledge; he was also an incessant and often extremely successful innovator. Liszt's mastery of fantasy and sonata traditions, his painstaking settings of texts ranging from erotic verse to portions of the Catholic liturgy, and the remarkable self-awareness he demonstrated even in many of his most 'entertaining' pieces: all these things stamp him not only as a master of Romanticism and an early Impressionist, but as a precursor of Postmodern 'pop.' Liszt's Music places Liszt in historical and cultural focus. At the same time, it examines his principal contributions to musical literature -- from his earliest operatic paraphrases to his final explorations of harmonic and formal possibilities. Liszt's compositional methods, including his penchant for revision, problems associated with early editions of some of his works, and certain aspects of class and gender issues are also discussed. The first book-length assessment of Liszt as composer since Humphrey Searle’s 1956 volume, Liszt's Music is illustrated with well over 100 musical examples.

By: Michael Saffle
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367592271
ISBN 10: 0367592274
Pages: 302
Publication Date: 30 June 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"1. Liszt’s Apprenticeship: The Performer as Emerging Composer 2. Liszt Comes of Age: The Composer as Fantasist 3. Liszt Adapts and Transforms: The Fantasist/Composer as Re-composer 4. Liszt Orchestrates and ""Explains"": The Fantasist/(Re-)composer as Tone-Poet 5. Liszt and the Voice"

Michael Saffle is Professor of Music and Humanities at Virginia Tech. His publications include Franz Liszt: A Guide to Research (2009) as well as articles and reviews in Acta Musicologica, Notes, and the Journal of Musicological Research. In addition to Humboldt and Rockefeller fellowships, Saffle held the 2000-2001 Bicentennial Fulbright Professorship of American Studies at the University of Helsinki.