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Word: fuocoso (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...theme from I Puritani. Then the pianistically mannered Thalberg played his variation; Liszt provided a transition to the offering of Pixis; Herz came next, then Czerny, whose knuckle-cracking exercises have been the nemesis of piano students for the last hundred years. Liszt, from his piano, interjected a Fuocoso molto energico; the slender Chopin added an exquisite largo. At last, in his finale, Liszt wittily and skillfully parodied the styles of the others-except Czerny and Chopin, whom he respected too much. The audience buzzed with excitement. Tickled, Liszt later published the whole thing with the name Hexameron, often played...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Six-Layer Cake | 10/30/1950 | See Source »

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