Extractions: Two Hungarian composers, two virtuoso pianists, and yet two different fates. One is justly celebrated, one is unjustly neglected. Such is the cruel judgment of posterity that Franz Liszt (1811-1886) despite his apparent vulgarity is one of the most performed and recorded of pianist-composers while Erno Dohnanyi (1877-1960) despite his craftsmanship is all but ignored by concert pianists and recording labels. The difference is this: while Liszt was an innovator, Dohnányi was an imitator. Theres little doubt as to who was the guru, and who was the acolyte. This may sound harsh but one just needs to hear Liszts Transcendental Études alongside Dohnányis Concert Études . Liszt (right) took two or three revisions, over decades, to craft his originally rudimentary studies into the definitive
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Extractions: At a crossroads of east and west, Hungary developed a unique musical life mixing Turkic and Magyar folk survivals with Gypsy elements. Converted to western Christianity in the 11th century, Hungary shared the liturgical chant, polyphony and secular song of medieval Catholic Europe, and many leading musicians of the era were drawn to the Hungarian court. Partial Turkish conquest and the spread of Protestantism in the 16th century brought new diversity but also awakened a sense of national identity and of a need to preserve Hungarian traditions. After 1700, under the rule of the Habsburgs, Hungary was drawn into an Austrian cultural world, and its elite became part of baroque cosmopolitan life. Leading Austrian composers held court or church posts in Hungarian territoriesmost notably Franz Josef Haydn, who served the Hungarian ESTERHAZY family. Nineteenth-century national strivings and uprisings stimulated a vigorous rebirth of Hungarian cultural consciousness, with active musical organizations developing. Hungarian by birth, Franz LISZT was an international figure with ambiguous ties to his homeland; his use of traditional Hungarian music, although he mistakenly confused it with Gypsy elements, did stir interest in the national musical heritage. A more frank nationalist, Ferenc Erkel (1810-93), produced the national anthem and the great national opera, Hunyadi Laszlo (1844).
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