@@that1guy910 istanbul

İstanbul is not ''this far''.

You all crazy. Liszt never went to Constantabole@@mertnecati875

I don't think he ever retired...

Lucias the Goose He did, he retired from being a preformer and focused on writing

what a move

XDXD

@@pleasecontactme4274 XDXD

Its is just a part Sultan Abdulmecids /Medjids March It is the Official Ottoman March during his period. There you will get the full version of it 😉 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m7Ghq9l535mwoqc.html

As soon as I heard that passage or motif, I checked the time, having already read your comment, and thought, that has to be 2:39 on the time, ha. Love it. Agreed. Wish he'd expounded on that.

I agree!

@Schoenberg is my daddy Indeed.

@@gabindupuy6036 yes lol, his real name is Leon Dudley.

yesi

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The Ottoman monarch of the time, Abdülmecid Han was quite familiar with the dominating western culture of the time, like a good portion of the Ottoman sultans before and after him. Only if the Ottoman Empire wouldn't sheer from that path thanks to some of the later rulers and collapse thanks to the lack of rule and political capital of the latest ones, the destiny of the state would be absolutely different. Despite their bien-pensant outlook in most political cases (ex: the usage of the caliphate to put the islamic nations under control), most of the Ottoman monarchs, officials and the prosperous burgeoise after the post-18th century era lived a modern, life in Istanbul- just didn't offer it to the rest of the nation. A lot of writers, musicians and artists like Liszt have been invited to the Ottoman Empire over time in the aforementioned era, and a lot of turkish students were also sent to the europe to return to their state as luminaries- well, some of them organized a coup d'etat against one of the monarchs and joined WW1, resulting in the collapse of the empire and the formation of a new, independent state which was even more accepting to the western culture; applying it to the rest of the nation, not only the well-off. And today, everything is different at a level noone to read the history of now in the future will really like it.

A different, fun fact about Liszt's visits to Istanbul: He got arrested once, accused of impersonating another musician. (Which could be inaccurate..)

​@@lisztomani4c Yes, in the chronicle of Liszt’s life by Ernst Burger, the description of Liszt’s stay in Istanbul contains the following paragraph: "An amusing incident in passing: on his arrival in the city, Liszt was brought before the Sultan with a warrant for his arrest. A fellow pianist had used the similarity of their names to advertise himself as the famous Liszt, so that the real Liszt was taken to be an impostor. The error was soon cleared up." I believe this claim to be based on the following letter Liszt wrote to his cousin Henriette in 1884 (however it may be that Burger has access to other sources which are unknown to me): "My Very Dear Cousin, This time I was not able to have a thorough rest in Vienna. Such an extra [luxury] is hardly my lot anywhere. My life is one continued fatigue. Some one once asked the celebrated Catholic champion Arnauld (the Jansenist) why he did not allow himself some rest. “We have eternity for that,” answered he. I hear for the first time through you of a cousin or niece, Mary Liszt, a concert giver. Concert givers have frequently misused our name by playing under it in provincial towns. A pianist in Constantinople, Herr Listmann, apologised to me for having knocked off the second syllable of his name. On this account he received a valuable present from the then Sultan Abdul-Medgid. Farewell till our next meeting in Easter week, dear cousin, from yours ever affectionately, F. Liszt" From this we can conclude that by an amusing coincidence, Liszt found himself in Constantinople at the same time as another pianist, Listmann, who decided to capitalize on this situation by dropping the second syllable of his name, receiving an expensive gift from the sultan intended for Liszt himself. In regards to Liszt's arrest, it is not mentioned in the letter to Henriette but I do not know what other sources Burger is basing that on as I do not have a copy of his book (I only had access to the quoted paragraph above through another academic paper) so I cannot rule out its possibility.

@@AndreiAnghelLiszt It's really a funny yet remarkable story, thank you for clarifying!

Actually, it's not that much of a stretch! Hungary was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, while the Ottoman Empire still controlled most of Southeast Europe. The Ottomans were literally Liszt's neighbours!

Gurur kerem şakar bu yorumu arıyordum

Türkler de Liszt dinliyormuş haberim yok. Bir tek ben dinliyorum sanıyordum 😊

🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

Tuna Karakaya dinlemeyen de ne biliyim

@@franklind.roosevelt8598 Teşekkürler 😊❤

How th do u know that

Bravisimo !!,

Why bother playing it ?

I don't.

@@AndreiAnghelLiszt Fair enough. Have you ever had the chance to search Liszt's literary output as a writer?

@@AndreiAnghelLiszt lol

@@ustadspencertracy7195 How about the recording of Gülsin Onay?

@@Felix_Li_En She is a great pianist but I don't think her style suits the stereotypical Lisztian paraphrases etc. I hope this piece will be recorded by other well-known pianists. By the way, Gülsin Onay gives online recitals from youtube weekly.