Romantische Phantasie

Piano Solo

Siegfried Langgaard, Jenni Pinnock

• Verlag: Books on Demand
• Jahr: 2022
• ISBN drucken: 9783754345955
• eBook-ISBN: 9783754365472
• Auflage: 1
• Thema: Medien & darstellende Kunst
• Thema: Musik

Siegfried Langgaard was a Danish pianist, composer and philosopher of music. His highly pianistic style and complex harmonic ianguage can be clearly seen within this 'Romantische Phantasie', inspired by the opening passages of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid'.----Siegfried Langgaard war ein dänischer Pianist, Komponist und Musikphilosoph. Sein hochpianistischer Stil und seine komplexe harmonische Sprache spiegeln sich in der vorliegenden "Romantischen Phantasie' wider, die von den einleitenden Passagen des Märchens "Die kleine Seejungfrau" von Hans Christian Andersen inspiriert wurde.

Preface

Little is known about Siegfried Langgaard's compositional career. He produced a considerable output consisting primarily of songs and pieces written for the piano; however, his achievements are rather overshadowed by that of his son Rued Langgaard (1893-1952), who produced over 400 compositions during his career.

Instead, Siegfried Langgaard is known more for his philosophical writings on music. In 1901, his ideas were published in a monograph entitled ‘Lidt om Musikkens Mission', and in the years before his death he produced three manuscripts full of his ideas, totalling 2140 pages. The majority of this output is his defence for a romantic, religious art opinion against that held by Nielsen in his 1909 article ‘Words, Music and Music Program'. In contrary to Nielsen’s more humanist views on the essence of music, Langgaard’s views combined thoughts about art and religion, Symbolism inspirations, and detailed philosophical ideas. There are clearly heavy influences from both Wagner and in particular Liszt's schools of thought, the latter probably cultivated through Langgaard studying with him for two summers. Alongside composition and music philosophy, Langgaard was also a pianist and teacher. He abandoned his career as a concert pianist, becoming a teacher at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, and later became a Royal Chamber musician.

His compositional output is clearly influenced by his concert pianist past, his studies with Liszt, and his philosophical thoughts. His works are highly pianistic, with his piano concerto described as a powerful, heroic work. ‘Romantische Phantasie', a short work for solo piano, demonstrates both of these traits. In the original score, exc...

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