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AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF FRANZ LISZT’S HISTORISCHE UNGARISCHE BILDNISSE AND ITS STRUCTURAL UNITY

Jiang, Jun Hong (Ivan)

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Title
AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF FRANZ LISZT’S HISTORISCHE UNGARISCHE BILDNISSE AND ITS STRUCTURAL UNITY
Author(s)
Jiang, Jun Hong (Ivan)
Issue Date
2026
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Ehlen, Timothy
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Ehlen, Timothy
Committee Member(s)
  • Wu, Chi-Chen
  • Tharp, Reynold
  • Solya, Andrea
Department of Study
School of Music
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
A.Mus.D. (doctoral)
Date of Ingest
2026-05-11T14:04:08-05:00
Keyword(s)
  • Franz Liszt
  • Late Musical Style
  • Dissolution of Tonality
  • Musical Analysis
  • Hungarian Music
Language
eng
Abstract
This scholarly essay offers an analytical focus on and structural examination of Franz Liszt’s Historische ungarische Bildnisse (“Historical Hungarian Portraits,” or Portraits). The goal of project is to inform how the Portraits synthesizes the primary characteristics of Franz Liszt’s late style and argue that its latent motivic and pitch relationships offer abundant evidence of Liszt’s approach to the dissolution of tonality and structural unity in this work. From an overview of the primary characteristics of the late style, to an analysis of selected movements from the Portraits, leading to the discovery of the structural unity of the cycle supported by Liszt’s revisions in the manuscripts, this project aims to reaffirm Liszt’s stylistic innovation through an overlooked composition, contributing to a deeper understanding and appreciation of Liszt’s late musical legacy. This project is complemented by two lecture-recitals, in which I demonstrate my research findings on the Portraits and its stylistic relationship to several of Liszt’s late piano pieces.
Type of Resource
text
Copyright and License Information
Copyright 2026 Jun Hong (Ivan) Jiang

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