The Comparative Study On The Edition To Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody NO.11

The piano had been stood out from the crowd among a great variety of musical instruments at the era of Romanticism. Piano Works including technical means the difficulty of the works as well as works of art and the rates of their development, advanced rapidly in all respects. At the same time a large number of remarkable pianists and piano music composers appeared, and Liszt, who is the greatest representative with having the two talents. He was a pioneer of the piano solo concert, and of the first one of memorization. His extraordinary art earned him a reputation as a King of Piano. Liszt was one of the world-class musicians in Hungarian history, and who had put Hungarian national music onto the stage in the world. Liszt had remarkable achievement in every respect, and he was as a player, a fictionist as well as a teacher and a critic in all his lifetime. His 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies were more and more popular and widely circulated, and they played a very important role in his great many works for piano. The national liberation movements in Europe were gaining momentum in the 19th centuries. Therefore national music had a different meaning during this period. Music works not only had represented European traditional music culture but also had become spiritual pillar to unite people and to fight jointly for freedom and liberation with the reactionary forces. Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies coming out was to meet the demand of Age. His works with a marked national characteristics, and his not only embodied his own original in writing as well as his technicalization but also demonstrated that he had fond feelings for his motherland, and was the results that Liszt persevered in his writing traditional music.The thesis including 3 chapters as follows:Chapter One will introduces historical background in Europe at the era of Romanticism & an account of Liszt's life & the source of the creation on Hungarian Rhapsodies & Motivation of writing on Liszt's masterpiece. Chapter Two will analysis on formal structure of Hungarian Rhapsodies No.11. Chapter Three will The Comparative Study on the different editions to three different nationalities pianists played in different styles. We may appreciate annotations of pianists in music, and compare similarities and differences they played. We may directly recognize and feel music and listen to different pianists respectfully as well as we may appreciate annotations of pianists in music based on the comparative study on electronic audio and visual materials. All these can help us understanding more deeply and comprehensively and playing the music.Based on the analysis and study in this paper, we attempt to have some cognizance of the Romantic Music in 19th century, Liszt and his Hungarian Rhapsody as well as we will have guidance in understanding, playing and teaching Hungarian Rhapsody No.11.