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Totentanz, S. 126

184914 min

This guide follows Liszt’s Totentanz, S. 126 (1849) in one part (theme and variations).

Recording: Bertrand Chamayou (piano), hr-Sinfonieorchester, Jérémie Rhorer (2014)

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– Theme and variations0:27–14:44

A thunderous gives way to the laid out as a . Variations 1 to 4 follow, the fourth a gentler in which the tune is imitated. A piano (an unaccompanied ) comes next, then a long (fugue-like writing) in 5. A second leads to a final ( 6) that splits into six short variants, and the drives to the .

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

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