Hungarian Rhapsody No. 16 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 16 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 16, S.244/16, in A minor, is the sixteenth Hungarian Rhapsody composed by Franz Liszt for solo piano. Being one of the later Hungarian Rhapsodies, it was composed and published in 1882. The rhapsody, subtitled "Budapest Munkácsy-Festlichkeiten", has a duration of approximately five minutes and is dedicated to Mihály Munkácsy. It was arraged for piano four-hands by the composer himself, marked as S.622, published in the same year. The piece begins with an outset of the main theme, hovering around A Minor, but with a distinct ambiguity of tonality. This section ends with a
Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 119 (Brahms) he may have included some earlier compositions, and it is quite possible, although there is no definite proof, that some works—such as the E major rhapsody—may have been conceived before 1892. Two earlier collections of smaller lyric piano pieces, Eight Pieces for Piano Op. 76, and Two Rhapsodies, Op. 79, date from 1871-79 (published 1879 and 1880 respectively). The poetic mood of the first intermezzo from Op. 119 belies its vague title. In a letter from May 1893 to Clara Schumann, Brahms wrote: "I am tempted to copy out a small piano piece for you, because I would like to