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Sonetto 104 del Petrarca, S. 161/5

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This guide follows Liszt’s Sonetto 104 del Petrarca, S. 161/5 (1846) in one part (theme and variations).

Recording: Yunchan Lim (piano) (2024)

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Sonetto 104 del PetrarcaTheme and variations0:00–6:12

A short opens the piece, and then the enters. It three times in changed form (Variations 1, 2 and 3), each shifting between agitation and tenderness in step with the poem's changes of mood. A short follows. Listen for the vocal quality of the melody: the piece began life as a song for voice and piano.

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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