Hungarian Rhapsodies six rhapsodies for piano duet (S.621). In 1882 he made a piano duet arrangement of No. 16 (S.622), and in 1885 a piano duet version of No. 18 (S.623) and No. 19 (S.623a). Liszt also arranged No. 12 (S.379a) and No. 9 (S.379) for piano, violin and cello. No. 14 was also the basis of Liszt's "Hungarian Fantasia" for piano and orchestra, S.123. The set is as follows: The first two were published in the year 1851, nos. 3–15 in 1853, and the last four were published in 1882 and 1886. Hungarian Rhapsodies The Hungarian Rhapsodies, S.244, R.106 (, ,
William Mason (composer) York that introduced many works of Robert Schumann and other famous Europeans to Americans during the Civil War era and beyond, at a time when classical music still had little specifically American identity. Mason published numerous pedagogical works for the piano student, but is remembered above all for his Chopinesque compositions for piano. The American composer and pianist Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) dedicated his second piano sonata, Op. 50 Sonata Eroica (1895), to William Mason. He died in New York City, aged 79. William Mason (composer) William Mason (January 24, 1829 – July 14, 1908) was an American composer and pianist