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.

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text

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Copyright 2026 Jun Hong (Ivan) Jiang

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