Very interesting, informative and tastefully made video! The 3 volume biography is a treasure not only for musicians, but for all who enjoy peeking into the extraordinary life of a genius like Franz Liszt. Presented by the author himself, it doesn't get any better than this! Congratulations and please keep these videos coming!
Yes, have read Professor Alan Walkers trilogy. Also David Dubal, of Juilliard School of Music, radio interview of Alan Walker in 1986, after his first Book, The Virtuoso Years. Also Alan Walker lecture at the Library of Congress..'In Defense of Arrangement. Both these lectures are Gems, and I recommend checking these out. Rev. W.
Thank you so much Dr. Walker for uploading all of these incredible lectures! I hope you continue to do so. These are by far the best lectures I've ever seen done on Liszt and Chopin. You deserve a million subscribers!
My multigenerational family had a grand piano - a player piano by Chickering ....and several musical works that could be sounded through it.🎶🎶🎶 So.... the "Hungarian Rhapsody" I grew up listening to... OFTEN!!! Always a Very fulfilling, very thrilling event for this young child!!! Not that I knew "Hungarian" was an ethnic identity...or that a "Rhapsody" was a musical form! It was just a series of phonetical sounds "hungarianrhapsody'" that, if said, magically, (like abracadabra) enabled one to hear a unique 🌊tidal wave of energetic joy 🌄 that brought giggles🤭🙃☺️.. into a very sad youth.🥀 Thank you, to a talented, inspired, composer ..who certainly found his path to holiness 🙏🏼 🎆
Riveting - underscoring the saying, "Truth is stranger (read: remarkably unique) than fiction"; and as always with the too-rare Walker lectures (whether on Liszt or Chopin), deeply-deeply moving.
Absolutely wonderful document. Thank you for all the research and great verbal and visual and sound presentation. I've read the three volume biography at least three times through the years along with the wonderful Chopin book. Look forward to all your research.
Thank you Professor behalf of ALL Hungarian for STRENGTHENED the FACT about our GODLY composer and pianist his MAGYAR identity!!! NOBODY DARES TO QUESTIONING THIS FACT EVER!!!
Excellent lecture, but for one major issue: Walker omitted the fact that Liszt actually was only half-Hungarian in blood. His mother (born Maria Anna Lager) was half-Austrian and half-Bavarian. This fact, then, should put an extra twist to his national identity -- especially with respect to his championship of the Hungarian national cause (in the nation's struggles to acquire independence from the Habsburg empire of Austria).
How romantic! It's interesting to hear how hard done-by the Hungarians were by the Austrians. They made up for their oppression by forcing the hungarian language onto the Slovaks who were forbidden from speaking their language and were brutally punished for doing so!!!
In my humble opinion was Liszt actually a Austrian. He spoke German and was a true German. He couldn't speak Hungarian. The fact that Austria at that time belonged to Hungaria doesn't matter. Slovakia belonged to the Hungarian imperium as well. Todays Bratislava (at that time named Pressburg) was the capitol of the Hungarian empire. But non of them spoke Hungarian.
He was not Hungarian! He was German-Austrian! He couldn’t even speak Hungarian! His native tongue was German. The little town in which he was born is now part of Austria. His mother was definitely a German-Austrian. His fathers family came from Germany. Liszt was delusional if he really thought he was Hungarian. He didn’t have a drop of Hungarian blood in his veins.
Greetings from Hungary! Thank you very much!
Very interesting, informative and tastefully made video! The 3 volume biography is a treasure not only for musicians, but for all who enjoy peeking into the extraordinary life of a genius like Franz Liszt. Presented by the author himself, it doesn't get any better than this! Congratulations and please keep these videos coming!
Yes, have read Professor Alan Walkers trilogy. Also David Dubal, of Juilliard School of Music, radio interview of Alan Walker in 1986, after his first Book, The Virtuoso Years. Also Alan Walker lecture at the Library of Congress..'In Defense of Arrangement. Both these lectures are Gems, and I recommend checking these out. Rev. W.
Thank you so much Dr. Walker for uploading all of these incredible lectures! I hope you continue to do so. These are by far the best lectures I've ever seen done on Liszt and Chopin. You deserve a million subscribers!
My multigenerational family had a grand piano - a player piano by Chickering ....and several musical works that could be sounded through it.🎶🎶🎶
So.... the "Hungarian Rhapsody" I grew up listening to... OFTEN!!! Always a Very fulfilling, very thrilling event for this young child!!!
Not that I knew "Hungarian" was an ethnic identity...or that a "Rhapsody" was a musical form! It was just a series of phonetical sounds "hungarianrhapsody'" that, if said, magically, (like abracadabra) enabled one to hear a unique 🌊tidal wave of energetic joy 🌄 that brought giggles🤭🙃☺️.. into a very sad youth.🥀
Thank you, to a talented, inspired, composer
..who certainly found his path to holiness 🙏🏼 🎆
Riveting - underscoring the saying, "Truth is stranger (read: remarkably unique) than fiction"; and as always with the too-rare Walker lectures (whether on Liszt or Chopin), deeply-deeply moving.
I really appreciate this kinds of videos, thank you for this
Hello Mr. Walker, I bought the 2 volumes on Liszt in French from Fayard. Wonderful job you have done. Thanks
Absolutely wonderful document. Thank you for all the research and great verbal and visual and sound presentation. I've read the three volume biography at least three times through the years along with the wonderful Chopin book. Look forward to all your research.
I love your lectures! Thanks for uploading, greetings from Mexico
Thank you!!
Ooh! Cannot wait to watch this one. Thank you for recording another one of your splendid talks. 🎹
Absolutely wonderful documentary! Thank you Mr. Walker!
Thank you for this and all your wonderful lectures.
I love your books and lectures! Very interesting!
Fantastic lecture- thank you!
When is the next video coming?! Cannot wait!
Thank you Professor behalf of ALL Hungarian for STRENGTHENED the FACT about our GODLY composer and pianist his MAGYAR identity!!! NOBODY DARES TO QUESTIONING THIS FACT EVER!!!
Merci
Thanks for the video. I have your books too 👏
Excellent lecture, but for one major issue: Walker omitted the fact that Liszt actually was only half-Hungarian in blood. His mother (born Maria Anna Lager) was half-Austrian and half-Bavarian. This fact, then, should put an extra twist to his national identity -- especially with respect to his championship of the Hungarian national cause (in the nation's struggles to acquire independence from the Habsburg empire of Austria).
How romantic! It's interesting to hear how hard done-by the Hungarians were by the Austrians. They made up for their oppression by forcing the hungarian language onto the Slovaks who were forbidden from speaking their language and were brutally punished for doing so!!!
De veras?
The freaking airport is named after Liszt.
Hungary was treated they way many countries in Africa, The Americas, Asia, islands, and indeginous people around the earth have been treated.
In my humble opinion was Liszt actually a Austrian. He spoke German and was a true German. He couldn't speak Hungarian. The fact that Austria at that time belonged to Hungaria doesn't matter. Slovakia belonged to the Hungarian imperium as well. Todays Bratislava (at that time named Pressburg) was the capitol of the Hungarian empire. But non of them spoke Hungarian.
His Etudes is bad. Never play it.
Weak sauce
@@jmonettemusic "Weak sauce"? Surely that is an idiomatic expression.
Culturally, linguistically, biologically, ... Liszt (formerly List) was an Austrian!
In ALL aspects he was and is a BORN HUNGARIAN!!! As the video also CLEARLY shows!!!
He was not Hungarian! He was German-Austrian! He couldn’t even speak Hungarian! His native tongue was German. The little town in which he was born is now part of Austria. His mother was definitely a German-Austrian. His fathers family came from Germany. Liszt was delusional if he really thought he was Hungarian. He didn’t have a drop of Hungarian blood in his veins.
He was delusional? Im sure you know better than him😂
He was HUNGARIAN in his heart,soul and MIND!!!