Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 University Orchestra

[Purenicotine]

Why is it in the key of D?

[CrazyPianist122792]

No! D-Flat Minor!

[Purenicotine]

Get the wax out of your ears. Its D, not Db.

[CrazyPianist122792]

That's what it says on the original piano score! C-Sharp, or Db, minor!

[Purenicotine]

Yes, the original piano score. For solo piano. You obviously don't have perfect pitch, so let me give you some instructions. Press play on this video. The first note you hear from the orchestra, pause it. Keep that note in your head. Then, run down to your piano or keyboard, and see if that note that you hear on this video is D, or C#. You will find that this orchestra plays it in D.

[CrazyPianist122792]

Well it could have been transposed for orchestral purposes, just like Brahms did with his famous Hungarian Dance 5. But in this version, Liszt used the wrong orchestral colors, and so I'm working on *my own* orchestration of this, and also am working on taking Vivaldi's 8th concerto in "L'Estro Armonico", introduced to me by the Bach adaptation, and changing it into a piano concerto, with full symphony orchestra.

[Purenicotine]

Not Liszt. This orchestral version was arranged by Rosenhaus and McAlister.

[milograamans]

And Brahms didn't arrange the orchestral version of that piece either. I couldn't say off the top of my head who did though-- so maybe I shouldn't even bring it up since I can't prove my point. But I'm pretty sure...

[Yo192837465]

yeh its in D im playing it right now its a wierd version buts what we are playing...

[milograamans]

There is no such thing as Db minor, because it would have eight flats in the key signature which is not possible.

However, this performance is in Dm... I do have perfect pitch, but as it's been stated in these comments, you can also check against the piano. (the second part of the piece which is in F# is now in G).

[Yo192837465]

uuuuuu oouucchhhh...come on dude obviously it was in D but that was too farr...jajajaj

[crackadownsouth]

Key of F you mean, which is D minor.

[HAMEDOF81]

amazing

[PauRosen]

*_*