Friedrich Kalkbrenner Le Fou Scène dramatique, Op. 136
Translated from French the footnote in the beginning reads as: A young pianist deceived in his first affections becomes mad. He expresses on his pianoforte the various sensations he Kalkbrenners piece presents one of the most important composition forms in the Style Brillante epoch. His composition Le Fou (The Madman) was a hit in early 1800s (eighteen hundreds). The first association that a modern pianist receives with a piece called The Madman, is a dramatic picture of an artist or a hero, going insane, expressed in sound. In this case this piece does not much sense. The key word for understanding of this piece is the subtitle: Scene dramatique. This is not a description of somebodys feelings but an operatic scene, with an entrance, long monumental introduction, the artists first aria, the actresss aria, happening, duo, and a final triumphant Thomas Tellefsen writes: . .. To demonstrate how annoyed Kalkbrenner is with Liszt, I tell following story: in this soiree Kalkbre
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