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- Venezia e Napoli: Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
- 1. Gondoliera (gondola.mid)
- 2. Canzone (canzone.mid)
- 3. Tarantella (tarantel.mid)
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- Venezia e Napoli is a set of three pieces composed by Franz Liszt
- in 1859, and is part of the book of "Annees de Pelerinage" (Album
- of a Voyager).
-
- The first piece, Gondoliera, is in the style of a Barcarolle. It is
- an arrangement of the song "La biondina in gondoletta" by Cavaliere
- Peruchini. It contains a beautiful melody which is accompanied later
- in the piece by trills in both hands, and then by harp-like arpeggios.
-
- Canzone is an arrangement of "Nessun maggior dolore", the gondolier's
- song from Rossini's opera "Otello". It has a very sinister mood.
-
- Tarantella is a lively Italian dance. The middle section has a ballad
- like song which is played in several different variations of increasing
- complexity. There are many passages where the melody notes are repeated
- rapidly (similar to the effect Alborado del Gracioso by Maurice Ravel),
- simulating the effect of a guitar or mandolin.
-
- These pieces should be played in the correct order, with minimum pause
- between the Canzone and Tarantella.
-
- I used a Yamaha Clavinova CLP-123, a sequencing program and a 386 PC
- to produce these sequences. They should be played on similar equipment
- with plenty reverb for best effect.
-
- I hope you enjoy this music which I think is quite heavenly.
-
- Robert Finley. August 20th 1995
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- ROBERTFINLEY@delphi.com
- finley.robert@mail.ndhm.gtegsc.com
-