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
Piano Sonata (Bartók) movement calls for these keys to be used (to play G). Bartók had previously written a piano sonata in 1896, which is little known. Piano Sonata (Bartók) The Piano Sonata BB 88 (Sz. 80) is a piano sonata by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, composed in June 1926. 1926 is known to musicologists as Bartók's "piano year", when he underwent a creative shift in part from Beethovenian intensity to a more Bachian craftsmanship. The work is in three movements, with the following tempo indications: It is tonal but highly dissonant (and has no key signature), using the piano in a percussive