Among her important works are dramatic, concert, and festival overtures, and a fantasia for piano and orchestra, all given at various English festivals.
Not only is this influence evident in his symphonic poems—some of his best work—but it is to be found in his suites for orchestra, his fantasias, and his rhapsodies, where the descriptive and narrative element is strong.
Of the operatic fantasias there are perhaps a hundred or more.
The second part of the fantasia is occupied by a succession of recitatives of an extremely graphic and poetic character.
There was not a song in all her collection that did not bring the anguish of some recollection of him, so she only played brilliant new, soulless fantasias, that were as empty as her heart.
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This is the explanation for the relative neglect of the freefantasia.
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Other crucial passages in the chapter onfantasiainclude a passage on circuitous modulations; this category forms my main concern in what follows.
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She is currently working on a study of the early nineteenth-century pianofantasia.
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Richards describes thefantasiain the language of rebellion.
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It takes the form of a slowfantasiaencompassing two quicker sections.
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These key constituents were then embellished and elaborated in the form of a freefantasia, each instrument's material appropriated by others, perpetually casting new light upon it.
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Of particular interest is the debate surrounding a rumoured 'fantasy machine' that was supposed to notate afantasiaperformed on it in the heat of inspiration.
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Thanks to thisfantasiaevery sincere and disinterested attempt at reconciliation from both sides inevitably broke down.
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The form evolved during the 18th century from several earlier types of contrapuntal compositions, such as imitative ricercars, capriccios, canzonas, and fantasias.
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Several movements are a combination of forms, such as an aria with chorale, a choralefantasia, a chorus with a chorale as a cantus firmus.
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The chorale is a choralefantasia, with the soprano singing the unadorned melody to a three part accompaniment of two violins and continuo.
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The main motif of the choralefantasia, marked vivace, stands for joy and is set in upward rhythmical propulsion.
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Most of the fantasias are complex, multi-sectional pieces, treating multiple subjects imitatively.
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Many other works are lost, including additional keyboard sonatas, duos, fantasias and variations.
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In some older texts this development section may be referred to as freefantasia.
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