Csárdás (Liszt) Csárdás (Liszt) The three csárdás that Franz Liszt wrote in 1881-2 and 1884 are solo piano pieces based on the Hungarian dance form of the same name. Liszt treats the dance form itself much less freely than he did much earlier with the "verbunkos" in the Hungarian Rhapsodies, and the material itself remains more specifically Hungarian than gypsy in thematic material. Their spare lines, angular rhythms and advanced harmonies show these pieces to be direct ancestors of the compositions of Béla Bartók. Because of these attributes, the csárdás are considered by Liszt scholars among the more interesting of the composer's
George Dyson (composer) addition to those mentioned by the composer, the Dyson Trust lists the following compositions as available as at 2017: "A Spring Garland", "Children's Suite" for orchestra, Evening Service in C Minor, Evening Service in D, Morning Service in D, "Prelude, Fantasy and Chaconne" for cello and orchestra, "Te Deum Laudamus", and "Three Rhapsodies" for string quartet. The Trust has published a full list of works, totalling nine orchestral works, seven chamber works, thirteen pieces or sets of pieces for piano, four solo organ pieces, twenty works for chorus and orchestra, seventy-nine works for chorus with piano, or organ or unaccompanied,