Beyond the Bony Labyrinth
Beyond the Bony Labyrinth
Lodewijk Muns
Music remembered in music 1: Flashbacks and souvenirs
43 minutes Posted Aug 27, 2024 at 6:18 am.
Intro
Music and memory
Flashback: Casablanca
Recurrence and recall
Schumann, alias Florestan
Musical souvenirs
Réminiscences
Liszt: Ricordanza
(and after) Casablanca (film). Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart. Warner Brothers 1943
Ludwig van Beethoven, An die ferne Geliebte. F. Wunderlich, H. Schmidt. Philips 420.852-2
Robert Schumann, Carnaval op. 9: Florestan*
Robert Schumann, Carnaval op. 9: Florestan. Ch. Rosen 1983 (appendix in The Romantic Generation, 1995)
Clara Wieck, Souvenir de Vienne*
Mikhail Glinka, Souvenir d'une mazurka*
Franz Liszt, Ricordanza. Etudes d'exécution transcendante No. 9 (complete; the ending in the version of Lina Ramann’s Liszt-Pädagogium, 1901, recommended by Busoni in his edition of the etudes.)*
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Music that represents music as someone remembers it, is there such a thing? Topics include the famous flashback in the film Casablanca, Schumann’s Carnaval, musical ‘souvenirs’ and ‘réminiscences’. With a complete recording of Liszt's (somewhat musty?) etude Ricordanza.
Music fragments:
*Lodewijk Muns, piano
References:
L. Muns, Music Remembered – in Music (2) (and references). (https://lodewijkmuns.nl/2019/11/18/music-remembered-2)
F. Busoni, Zum hundertsten Geburtstage Franz Liszt's: Sechs Klavier-Abende von Ferruccio Busoni [Berlin] 1911 [programme notes]. (https://www.rodoni.ch/A14/liszt-busoni.pdf)