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#575470 - 12/15/07 02:50 AM Why is the Liszt Rhapsody so popular?
pianojerome 9000 Post Club Member Registered: 01/01/05 Posts: 9863	Daffy Duck and Donald Duck: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCt28z7DHW8 Woody Woodpecker: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjE1pQgn2I8 Mickey Mouse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5zdHAspBAQ Tom and Jerry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76mnVsRZDFM Bugs Bunny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0lyGNYPYpI Tiny Toons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikKJ-uQ4UUc 6 different cartoons, featuring 6 different cartoon characters. Kind of interesting, isn't it? _________________________ Sam
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#575471 - 12/15/07 04:44 AM Re: Why is the Liszt Rhapsody so popular?
Deus ex Pianoforte Full Member Registered: 04/28/04 Posts: 346 Loc: California	I think it's because of the boisterous, playful nature of the themes in that piece. If you'll look at other classical pieces featured prominently in cartoons, most have the same qualities. Look at "The Thieving Magpie", Ponchielli's "Dance of the Hours" and "Barber of Seville Overture". All with multiple memorable themes. I don't know about you, but now whenever I hear these pieces I can clearly see visions of Tom and Jerry trying to kill each other or Bugs Bunny fleeing Elmer Fudd. They just...work. :p
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#575472 - 12/15/07 08:39 AM Re: Why is the Liszt Rhapsody so popular?
xtraheat 500 Post Club Member Registered: 09/20/07 Posts: 625 Loc: WV	Personally, my favorite is the 4th rhapsody. _________________________ Currently working on Prokofiev Piano Concerto 3 Beethoven Sonata Op.109 Chopin Op.10 No.1 Bach WTC II no. 15 --Sam--
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#575473 - 12/15/07 09:16 AM Re: Why is the Liszt Rhapsody so popular?
C H O P I N Full Member Registered: 04/13/07 Posts: 310 Loc: England	Thats scary, my school piano teacher, Stanislaw Hansel, played me this Rhapsody just yesterday and asked if i'd ever seen it on Tom and Jerry before! - I never have until now, he mentioned that the notes showed on the piano being played are actualy the notes to the rhapsody, not just an imitation... Is that right? C H O P I N _________________________ "I Think Therefore I Am." - Rene Descartes
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#575474 - 12/15/07 10:53 AM Re: Why is the Liszt Rhapsody so popular?
Bassio 2000 Post Club Member Registered: 08/24/03 Posts: 2480 Loc: Alexandria, Egypt	Leave the cartoons. It is simply .. a masterpiece.
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