Hungarian Rhapsody No. 19 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 19 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 19 (S.244/19) in D minor is the last of a set of 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies by the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt. It was written in 1885. "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 19" is based on the "Csárdás nobles" by Kornél Ábrányi, better known as a music critic than as a composer. The piece begins with a sharp theme, beginning in the lower register but moving up and down the piano several times. Slowly the theme develops more Hungarian character and also becomes more interesting. Halfway through the piece the mood changes drastically and a memorable
Three Hungarian Folktunes Three Hungarian Folktunes Three Hungarian Folksongs, Sz. 66, BB 80b () is a collection of folksongs for piano by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. It was composed between 1914 and 1918. There is much speculation about when the set was composed, but some of the most reliable sources point to it being composed somewhere between 1914 and 1918, in a period where Bartók felt very fascinated with folk music from Romania and his native Hungary. Many of the small compositions he wrote when collecting folk music all around these countries was either lost or revamped into later works, and some would