Hungarian Fantasy (Liszt) Hungarian Fantasy (Liszt) The Fantasia on Hungarian Folk Melodies (German: "Fantasie über ungarische Volksmelodien", Hungarian: "Fantázia magyar népi dallamokkal"), commonly known in short form simply as the Hungarian Fantasy, is Franz Liszt's arrangement for piano and orchestra of his Hungarian Rhapsody No. 14, originally for solo piano. The Fantasia was written in 1852 and premiered in Pest on June 1, 1853, with Hans von Bülow as soloist and Ferenc Erkel conducting the orchestra. During Liszt's lifetime, his Hungarian Rhapsodies were among his most popular works. Because of this popularity, he may have been under pressure to produce versions of them
Piano ballad Op. 122 (1852–53) which were written for piano and voice. Claude Debussy, a later composer, also wrote for piano and voice with his "Trois Ballades de François Villon" (, 1910). Works for piano and orchestra also bearing the title "ballad" have been written. These include Fauré's "Ballade", op. 19, which was written in 1881, and Charles Koechlin's "Ballade" for piano and orchestra, op. 50, written between 1911–1919. This work also exists as a solo work for piano. Piano ballad In 19th century romantic music, a piano ballad is a piece for solo piano written in a balletic narrative style, often