Rhapsody
see also: Etymology of Rhapsody
In Classical music, a rhapsody is a composition for a instrument Soliste, several instruments or for Symphony orchestra, of style and free form. Enough near to the Imagination, the rhapsody almost always rests on topics and Rythme S nationals or regional.
Some traditional examples famous of rhapsody.
One generally regards the Czech Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek (1774 - 1850) as the author of the first rhapsodies worthy of this name - six parts for piano of the COp 40, 1810. But the posterity especially retained the following names.
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Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies
- Antonín Dvořák: Slavic Rhapsodies , COp 45, 1878
- Edouard Lalo: Norwegian Rhapsody , 1879
- Johannes Brahms: Rhapsody with viola , 1869, two rhapsodies for piano, 1879
- Maurice Ravel: Spanish Rhapsody , 1907 - 1908
- George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
- Béla Bartók: Rhapsody for violoncello and piano , 1928
- Serge Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a topic of Paganini , 1934
Other examples (progressive Rock'n'roll).
Literature
Petrus Borel wrote a collection of poems entitled Rhapsodies .
External bonds
Study of the famous Rhapsody on a topic of Paganini
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