Liszt - Romance

[Dihelson]

I got to sight-read this piece. It´s very easy. I can´t believe people study it fot 7th grade !!!

[donghyunwon610]

@Dihelson because the emotion you must bring out from the piece is not easy

[tjtheplay]

That last chord got me lol

[spartan1081990]

if u cant appreciate the last chord you should stop listening to this music, Liszt did it for a reason, punks.

[Ryanlauph]

Reverse Tierce de Picardie ^_^

[DemonSlayer81]

That last chord got me

[losinggrip1993]

I'm learning this beautiful piece right now for my Grade 7 exam! It's been tough to learn, but worth it! My teacher insists that the piece is more like Grade 8, especially the 2nd and 3rd pages. And those rolled/arpeggiated chords on the last page are real killers! All worth it though. I often love these little minature pieces by the master's, they're so under appreciated and often forgotten about. But this piece is so beautiful, it expresses both melancholy and happiness at the same time.

[thedirtymeatball]

this is good, but its not special like his 3rd lovedream

[TheHyperion11]

btw by the time you get to the last chort you should be going very slowly so it gives you loads of time to play it. The previous chords are harder.

[TheHyperion11]

I played this for my grade 7. Got a 29/30

[greppi93]

@TheHyperion11 interesting..

[mozartpiano23]

where the hell is the "I love this" button

[Laudan08]

I'm on that awesome part of Youtube!

[andrewchan838]

for the last chord its kind of silly but I just do the E and B left hand then G and E right hand then left hand under and plays the treble G and E then right hand over and the last G and B. It gives me a cleaner glissando and faster, and, it's funner :)

[MrArdelco1970]

Great!

[sirshitsalot007]

reverse tierce de picardie

[sirshitsalot007]

0 dislikes

[redshark618]

@sirshitsalot007 thank you for that...

[sirshitsalot007]

@redshark618 I didn''t dislike...

[jamison94816]

@sirshitsalot007 1 dislike

[KittyClaire5]

Im learning this for grade 7 it's really hard cos my hands aren't that big to play those last chords!! Btw nicely played :)

[matharoofmaths]

(i am 16 and only grade 5)

[matharoofmaths]

I wish a could play like this so I could feel this immense beauty flow from my fingers

[KevinR3i]

This is very beautiful!

[tylz12]

liszszt, y u no make longer! >.<

[tteu123]

beautiful last chord.

[CariangelMaduro]

Hermosaaaaaaaa*-*

[JJABEB]

The chord of the end is simply wonderful.

[Maddin1929]

seems doable. and its liszt :D

[BosseRacingTeam]

where can we find the piano sheet? free.

[MEpianist]

@BosseRacingTeam IMSLP

[melindasys]

who played it

[sergiobantam]

Maravilhosa!

Sensacional!

[slablilseb2]

This will sound cheeky, and it is my last and cheapest resort, since I prefer the alternative repertoire for this year's grade 7....

Do you have a printable copy of this?

On a different note, that was very nicely played. You've motivated me to learn it, whether or not I play it for the exam!

[slablilseb2]

@slablilseb2 Actually, never mind. I have this very copy. I don't think it's the ABRSM one, though...?

[Barnaldomort]

nice reverse tierce de picardie at the end there..lovely :)

[mctekerlek]

I play this on euphonium, and in my opinion it's too fast... but very nice :D

[frozensoulification]

@mctekerlek the tempo is right :)

[SatanPanda]

ooo very unexpected last chord

[TSD86]

@SatanPanda An inverted picardy cadence... loool :)

[hjiuhfhrehui]

@SatanPanda yeah indeed.. looks like some one got dumped :3 not a real romantic end xD.

[hello7hello7hello7]

ahhhh have to play this piece in octoberrr!!!!!! not ready yet especially the tripletsss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[123mazeppa]

The pianist here is the best interpretator of this music I've ever heard.

Proud that I know how to play this. Its very romantic :D

[MegaDocalex]

Very touching...

[yashamaruism]

what? a Liszt piece without hemidemisemiquavers? XD

[woho1123]

if a 13 year old girl plays this, is she good? i dont understand all this with grades

[TiFFANYChung93]

proud to be playing this as one of my grade 7 pieces! great song

[Ragtime44Films]

@JazzAce340

Bahaha, I knew you were joking about that. But I never knew about that system. I usually try to learn anything I like, despite the difficulty. Anyway, thanks..

[Ragtime44Films]

@JazzAce340

Wait... grades? In my 8 years of playing piano (Not that much, anyway,) should I have heard of this measurement system?

[wang1bing]

actually,it reminds me about chopin....

[missmusica21]

This is on the grade seven syllabus for 2011-2012. 'lavamaster530' : this I wouldnt think would be a grade five. I've just done my grade six and the pieces werent this hard. i think this is absoloutly grade seven - it has the challenges of using rubato to full effect, the sheer skill of thos octave chord-jumps (that somene of grade 5 wouldnt be capable of, yet) , but still is relatively short and simple in design.

[gerardbedecarter]

Thanks for uploading. The final chord is a little bizarre, though!

[Sammyspudd11]

It is grade 7, I'm learning it at the moment (for grade 7 surprisingly), quite easy once you get the hang of it

[ChunhonYau]

@Sammyspudd11 wt means get the hang of it?? And the grand bass is a bit hard! ><

[alex2east]

Can somebody tell me a clear difference between nocturnes and romances? I heard some romances which sounded like nocturnes and noct. which sounded like romances..

[lavamaster530]

People say this is Grade 7. Seems more like grade 5 to me because it's not really complicated like Liszt's "La Campanella"

[jimmyg2]

@lavamaster530 "La Campanella isn't grade 7, its way beyond grade 8...

[lavamaster530]

@jimmyg2 Read the comment more carefully..... it says "not really complicated like Liszt's "La Campanella". I never said it was a grade 7.

[thanksxforxthexvenom]

@jimmyg2 How can anyone even fathom the IDEA that la campanella is grade 7. It's grade is...>9000

[nikkiisbeastly]

out of all of liszts great pieces, id have to say this is one of my favorites. isnt it funny how simple a song may be, besides emotion/interpretation, can also be one of the best?

[neoclassicalmusic]

@RemovdSande11: Around Grade 7

[neoclassicalmusic]

around grade 7

[gymgymgymgym]

I wasn't expecting it to end with that chord. I'm not sure if suits the rest of the piece.

[MDkid1]

@gymgymgymgym does sound a bit off huh?

[adjpiano]

Beautiful. It's wonderful to compare LIszt's Romance Oubliee with this.

[TheDecadant]

thank you so much hexameron for posting so much wonderful rarely heard in public music of Liszt. From a passionate lover of his music.

[DiabolicoMephisto]

Who is the pianist? Howard?

[listenwhatisayoh]

@DiabolicoMephisto I think the pianist is Jenő Jandó (It was written in the video description originally, but apparently removed). Anyways, it's not Leslie Howard. In my opinion, this is better than Howard's interpretation, which is also on YouTube.

[GordonWillis]

Very beautiful playing. One of the most expressive performances I've heard. Thank you very much.

[Erikk91]

a little bit...chopinesque?

[Zodiarkz]

I like this piece but I don't think I have the skill to play it yet, I decided to start with Nuages Gris but I hope I'm not in over my head. Need to learn at least 1 Liszt piece for now.

[massimiliano123123]

2:28 WONDERFUL E minor Chord

[manjusaka92]

what s number is this?

[listenwhatisayoh]

@manjusaka92 S. 169

[this5is5a5pen]

very good

[PDeepIn]

what's the real name of this piece ??

[MultiFailBot]

@PDeepIn

... Romance?

[PDeepIn]

@MultiFailBot  i can't find it

[PDeepIn]

@MultiFailBot the sheet

[listenwhatisayoh]

@PDeepIn the sheet music is available on IMSLP

[PDeepIn]

@listenwhatisayoh thank's man

[themanlywoman]

What is this? A Liszt song I could possibly play? Say it's not so!

[AndreWilliams]

Im learning this for the current Grade 7 syllabus. Does anyone have a download link so i can have it on my ipod?

[gerardbedecarter]

I was unfamiliar with this piece. Thanks for posting it!

[Haeronthegreat]

Parallel fifths at about 0:50! :O

[jthameschoir]

Oh Nice ending. I really like it.

[RemovdSande11]

which piano grade is this?

[TonyTheAzn]

@RemovdSande11 Grade 8

[Lovesthepixie]

@RemovdSande11

I'm sure it's for grade seven,

I'm taking that now, and it's in the Syllabus

[Sammyspudd11]

@RemovdSande11

yeah grade 7, learning to play it now :) Love it

[marikosiig]

@RemovdSande11 well its a g7 now :) doing it for ma exam

[imsarrrah]

@RemovdSande11 grade 7. it's one of the grade 7 examination songs of 2011-2012 ABRSM piano exam.

[RDU1388]

@RemovdSande11 grade 7 one of the exam piece

[ccen1]

@RemovdSande11 it is not a grade with numbers but the grade of high musical expression and output. please do not go by the grade numbers. most of them are very inaccurate.

[e4e5sf3sf6]

@RemovdSande11 That is the beauty of piano. There is no "grade". :)

[Montyleeny14]

@e4e5sf3sf6 There is a grade for each instrument. :-)

[ontherush77]

@RemovdSande11 7

[martimtavares]

@RemovdSande11 I'd say 5th in according to european standards

[Broccoleaf]

@RemovdSande11

By ABRSM standards, this is grade 7, as it appears in the 2011-2012 repertoire as piece B5 for piano.

Admittedly not the hardest in the book, but trying to capture the full extent of the emotion is a challenge.

[bigcalamaro]

@Broccoleaf what is ABRSM? Does a graduation of all piano's pieces exist?

[Broccoleaf]

@bigcalamaro

'ABRSM' is (in Britain at least) the 'Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music'

It's the main authority for grading on most classical instruments, and as part of the piano exam, you must learn a selection of pieces from a repertoire they publish for each grade. Every couple of years has a different repertoire, so more pieces are 'graduated' as time goes on, but they don't do it just for fun.

[123mazeppa]

@RemovdSande11

the same as the number of likes you got =D

Lol

[frozensoulification]

@RemovdSande11 Grade7

[imsarrrah]

@RemovdSande11  grade 7-8

[nicoejz]

@RemovdSande11 It depends on how you are motivated to play this piece of music. But in my opinion, if you really want to play this piece of music, you will succeed.

[RemovdSande11]

@RemovdSande11

I have been getting mails from you guys the past year letting me know what grade it is xD Quite funny haha.

[DafniElissa]

@RemovdSande11 7 :)

[Legend1st]

@RemovdSande11 This is for 5th or 6th grade

[SuperGootman]

@RemovdSande11 7

[PureSoulEaterCY]

@RemovdSande11 8th i guess.. :P

[woho1123]

@RemovdSande11 4 mayby 3

[SuperSeabass11]

@woho1123 it's grade 7, cause im learning it..

[poopturd159]

@RemovdSande11 why does everyone have to care about the grade :( play what you feel

[Schneeble42]

@poopturd159 Yeah, you're right! Come on guys! Forget about the grade... just enjoy the music :)!

[lollybeakis]

@RemovdSande11 I'm doing this for Grade 8

[kzelmer]

@lollybeakis American pianists and "the Grade"...

[lollybeakis]

@kzelmer I'm not American 

[BrackenClelk]

Liszt wrote this? Then this piece needs more runs and octave leaps.

Joking aside, this is a pretty good piece.

[Hexameron]

I disagree. Liszt's melancholic choice of E minor conveys the despairing pangs, not the romantic joy, of love.

[Eorzean]

play the last two measures without arpeggiating the final chord and it would make sense. don't you think liszt actually knows better?

[hohohee1]

@Hexameron is there any way to send me the sheet music

[hohohee1]

@Hexameron perfect .... translation DAM YO GOOD usually im a hater .. on lots of videos BUT YOU ARE A MUSICAL TRANSLATOR !!!!!!!!!!!! exactly what i was thinking !!!!!!!!

[hohohee1]

@hohohee1 nvm i got the sheet music .. easily mastered the song in 2 days

[blankpianist]

I think you are an imbesile. Romance is not about happiness it is about breif moments of happiness and then sadness so the only time you would use a major chord would be for a shift.

[SailorVVV]

ur mean.

[ryab55]

in the begining of this piece seem like one of the preludes of chopin.

[Kalen1457]

Wow this piece sounds a similar to Chopin's style, especially the beginning, until about 1:00, when he puts that one chord in, that I hear in most of his "soft" pieces.

[dreampoets]

that was  wonderful!

thanks for this post!

Jeno Jando is a great pianist

[tomekkobialka]

Beautiful; thanks for posting!

[JCHBONNET]

Beautiful melody. But it is strange this work was published 4 years before the third revision of the Transcendental Etudes ...

[addeex1]

How come that´s strange?

[JCHBONNET]

The musical language in this Romance is far from being as complex and "advanced" as the one in the Transcendenrtal Etudes.

[addeex1]

Yes that´s true, but I don´t find that strange :P All liszts pieces aren´t hard

[JCHBONNET]

That's right ! His "Consolations" and some later works are not very hard to play. Anyway, independantly from the complexity of this work, I find it strange that his style evolved so quickly within three years ! So, for me, if not "strange" it is definitely "surprising" ;-)

By the way, I have listened to your Paganini transcription : WOW ! The work + the interpretation are stunning !

[addeex1]

Aha, now I see your point! :D But if you see his douze grand etudes, they were published 15 years before, and that´s very complex. But I see your point :)

And thank you, piano is my life! <3 :D:D

[rvn10rvn17]

r u sure that all his pieces aren't hard??

they're more difficult than chopin overall..

[Hexameron]

"all his pieces" includes over 600 compositions and quite a few are accessible to the beginner and intermediate. Many of his late piano works are not that technically difficult, but require interpretative wisdom.

[thegreatapologist]

@Hexameron The consolations are good starting points. All you pianists out there, I would hit those first. Onward to Mazzepa!

[addeex1]

Yes, come on you´ve got an example on this video? :S

And no, chopin have done harder works that liszt too. In liszts later works they are not so hard, not so demanding.

[rvn10rvn17]

of course, maybe i didn't write very clearly..

i mean, of course, chopin must had written smtg more difficult, at least one composition.. but i think, liszt has more technical challenges than chopin..

i know that liszt wrote more than 600+ and a lot of later works (transcriptions) and etc that many to most people aren't familiar of (unless u study music).. but, so far, that i've encountered from both well-known works, i find that liszts' are more difficult..