Valse-Impromptu (Liszt)

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Valse-Impromptu , p.213, is a roughly 5-minute piano work by Franz Liszt that was published in 1852, but is based on older piano pieces:

Versions before 1852

The first version was called Petite Valse Favorite , p. 212, was composed in 1842 and published the following year by Schuberth , Latte , Odeon and Ricordi . A slightly revised version of the Petite Valse Favorite from 1843 was only published posthumously in 1928 by Breitkopf & Härtel as an album sheet , p. 212a. Both versions - along with other works - are dedicated to the pianist Maria Kalergis . Due to missing parts and repetitions, they only take about half as long.

Alternative versions of the Valse impromptu

The Liszt student Alfred Reisenauer wrote down minor spinning of some veloce passages around 1880, but this version, cataloged as p.213a, remained unpublished. On the other hand, a lighter version was published, p.213bis ( Edition Peters 2555a).

All four almost never played variations are included in Leslie Howard's complete recording - in addition to the well-known major work.

The elegant piece is no longer one of Liszt's most frequently performed pieces, but was once in the repertoire of well-known pianists such as Frederic Lamond , Wassili Sapelnikow , Józef Hofmann , Artur Rubinstein , Alexander Brailowsky , Jorge Bolet and György Cziffra (all recorded in sound) .

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