Liszt: Faust Flashcards
1
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Overview
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Story of Faust, Gretchen, Mephisto - the 3 main characters of Goethe’s Faust legend.
2
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Form
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3 movements.
3
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Mvt 1: Overview
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All 12 chromatic notes; opening theme. 5 melodic themes. Sonata form.
4
Q
Mvt 2
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3 part form.
5
Q
Mvt 3
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Scherzo in 3 part form with extra development and coda.
6
Q
Orchestra
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New additions; harp, trombones (used prominently) and tuba.
7
Q
Humour, drama, narrative & programme
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Ferocious string passages, heroic trombone moments.
8
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Melody and theme
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3 themes to represent 3 characters.
9
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Texture
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Mvt 3: Fugue made of distorted versions of the 3 character themes.
10
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Rhythm/Tempo/Metre
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Fast scherzo in movement 3 - scherzo
11
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Dance, folk & national
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Mvt. 3 scherzo
12
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Key info
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Liszt: Faust 1857 C minor
