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Gloomy Clouds S 199

Franz Liszt

What's this piece like?
This is one of Liszt's most haunting and at the same time one of his most experimental works, representing, according to musicologist Allen Forte, "a high point in the experimental idiom with respect to expressive compositional procedure."
Who's this piece for?
An excellent piece for intermediate level pianists who are working on their technique.
1-2 pages
Romantic
G minor

MOOD: Slow, dark, gloomy and serious.

TECHNIQUE: Broken octaves.

Ranking
Equivalent to RCM level 3
Equivalent to ABRSM level 4
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1875

First performance of P. Tchaikovsky's famous ballet Swan Lake Opus 20.

1876

Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone.

1877

Phonograph is invented by Thomas Edison.

1879

Thomas Edison invents practical electric light.

1881

Gloomy Clouds was composed by F. Liszt at the age of 70 years old.

1881

Béla Bartók was born.

1883

The construction of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is completed.

1883

The original Metropolitan Opera House, at Broadway in New York City, opens with a performance of C. Gounod's opera Faust.

1885

World's first steel-frame skyscraper built in Chicago.

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