Fronzy Ponzy

Fronzy Ponzy was a bear
Fronzy Ponzy had long hair
Fronzy Ponzy had large cajones...



Franz Liszt was arguably the world's best pianist. In his younger life, he would practice technique for about 5 hours a day, something I really wish I had time for.. But anyway - extremely interesting character, full of great stories I wont rant on about here...

His Sonata is a very long work, and is very widely played, and every pianist wants to play it. This Sonata is different from Classical, and even most Romantic Sonatas in that it is technically only one movement long. There is no break for separate movements, however, it is a four movement sonata. The one big long work is divided up into 4 sections with a coda. There is a whole story about how it correlates with the Faustian story of temptation with the devil (Mephistopheles) and then the pure Gretchen comes along and fixes everything, yada yada.

The years of pilgrimage (Annees de Pelerinage) are divided into three books, each a different "tour" of some part of the world. The first is Switzerland, the second is Italy, and deals with Italian artwork, be it literary or artistic, and the third is an enocre tour of Italy, but deals with more random encounters, many of which religious in nature.

I must say I have only recently be aquianted with the Annees de Pilerinage, and I have grown to like them very much. This is very serious music for Liszt. Much of his music was flash trash panty droppers. So I think its great to see what the guy came up with when he really put his mind to it.