The Music of Franz Liszt

Stylistic Development and Cultural Synthesis

Michael Saffle

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Routledge
13 March 2018

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,' 'puerile,' or 'merely showy,' more or less eccentric 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 genre, 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 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 and thinking -- from his earliest operatic paraphrases to his final explorations of harmonic and formal possibilities. Liszt's compositional methods, including his use of sketchbooks, his penchant for revision, and problems associated with early editions of some of his works are also discussed. The first book-length assessment of Liszt as composer since Humphrey Searle, Liszt's Music is illustrated with more than 160 musical examples.

By: Michael Saffle
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 566g
ISBN: 9781409411734
ISBN 10: 1409411737
Pages: 302
Publication Date: 13 March 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.