![]() Pianists love to ignore this fact and the greatest pianists in the world are no exception. The last time I checked the dictionary, Allegretto was significantly slower than Presto. This is like trying to argue that 1 + 1 = 3. Some pianists will put forth erroneous arguments advocating that La Campanella should be as fast as possible. ![]() The problem is that most pianists are in denial that they think this way (even if they are not aware that they think this way) and their first mode of defense is to create “straw man” arguments if anyone should bring up the issue of La Campanella being marked only Allegretto. Pianists should be embarrassed that they actually believe this sytem of logic. The above system of logic is flawed on so many levels. Therefore, this proves that La Campanella should be played as fast as possible. The “mob mentality” system of logic runs like this:Īll famous and influential pianists play La Campanella as fast as possible.Īll famous and influential pianists are great and smarter than the “average” non-famous pianist.Īll famous and influential pianists are authorities who cannot be questioned. Most pianists inadvertantly fall into the “mob mentality” category of musicianship. Learn La Campanella from a Master - Get 20% Off Your WRP Membership (offer good through July 31, 2022) and gain access to a full 13-video tutorial series on “La Campanella”: Coupon code ABPUWAA72S Introduction This article gets to the nitty-gritty of an inconvenient truth concerning tempo in La Campanella. Indeed, the general consensus among pianists is to ignore Liszt’s Allegretto indication, and instead, to play it Presto or Prestissimo. One would expect such an ultimate litmus test type piece to be Presto or at least Allegro at the slowest however, for some strange reason the general consensus among pianists is that La Campanella should be played as fast as possible. It has become the ultimate “litmus test” for pianists to show off their technique and bravura playing, which is strange piece to select for this category since it is only marked Allegretto. 9 et al that are more familiar.(Abstract) Franz Liszt’s (1811-1886) arrangement of Nicolo Paganini’s (1782-1840) La Campanella is arguably the most popular classical piano piece on YouTube. Then there's a second tier of pieces that are what people will usually mention, like the TE's, Tannhauser, Don Juan, Deux Legendes, Totentanz, Hungarian Rhapsody No. Then there are some pound-for-pound champions like the Grand Galop Chromatique, Feux Follets, Orage, Paganini Etude (ver. 9 and the Berlioz Symphony transcriptions aren't consistently as ridiculous, but they have an extra exhaustion factor. Probably there are a couple I'm missing or forgetting. ""Īnyway, I'd say that among the meatier pieces, the Douze Grandes Etudes, Norma Fantasy, Reminiscences des Puritains, Reminiscences des Huguenots, El Contrabandista, Grosse Konzertfantasie uber Spanische Weisen and the Auber Tarantella di Bravura are the most unplayable. "People who respond to this thread are dumb." (said with complete lack of irony) "Everything is the same difficulty, from Mozart to Xenakis, because m u s i c a l i t y." ![]() Let me just go ahead and tell you how this thread goes. Wow, I see things have changed a lot around here. ![]()
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