. Franz Liszt and his music. d the opinion of THE PIANOFORTE WORKS 67 Wagner, an opinion which every one willadmit is worthy of more than ordinaryconsideration ! Liszt did not think fit to disclose the feel-ings which induced him to compose thiswonderful sonata. It is, however, morethan Hkely that he must have yielded tosome strong inward impulse to depict thestruggle of one filled with the noblest aspira-tions and battling against relentless destiny,now soaring to the empyrean and strivingto attain seemingly inaccessible heights, orfighting a strenuous battle against remorse-less fate, finall
. Franz Liszt and his music. d the opinion of THE PIANOFORTE WORKS 67 Wagner, an opinion which every one willadmit is worthy of more than ordinaryconsideration ! Liszt did not think fit to disclose the feel-ings which induced him to compose thiswonderful sonata. It is, however, morethan Hkely that he must have yielded tosome strong inward impulse to depict thestruggle of one filled with the noblest aspira-tions and battling against relentless destiny,now soaring to the empyrean and strivingto attain seemingly inaccessible heights, orfighting a strenuous battle against remorse-less fate, finally ending in a spirit of intenselysad yet peaceful resignation, suggesting thecapitulation of a human soul to the immanentforces of Nature. After a few preliminary bars marked Lentoassai, introducing a motive pregnant with asense of foreboding, which reappears at in-tervals in the course of the work and atits close, comes an Allegro energico, pre-senting two of the principal themes of thesonata:— ipiii^i^^^ij 68 FRANZ LISZT. Strenuously do these two themes strugglefor ascendancy one over the other, theirconflict being interrupted by a return of theinitial motive, which gradually leads to theappearance of a new and noble theme :— ^ huma^ kmitaMtoiJ ^Jim^im 3: Ri^TITiflf )-S-—I 4 I I ^U— III >MM>lllll >ll I *»• The developments to which the abovethemes are subjected are of the greatestinterest, the music becoming alternatelysoft and pleading, then grandiose andsombre, until the Andante sostenuto, whichintroduces another theme of veritably en-trancing loveliness :—
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