The Hungarian rhapsodies are written some of them on original melodies in Hungarian style, but most of them probably on well-known Hungarian Czardas.
These are in no respect to be mentioned in connection with the rhapsodies by Liszt, which, as is well known, are somewhat ad captandum show pieces founded upon popular airs.
But in the earlier stages of musical training in this higher sense, purely musical observation (not so much technical as esthetic) comes first, since without this all our rhapsodies upon the greater works signify nothing.
He won't confide his rhapsodies in my ear any more, and that would be really more than I could bear.
This, perhaps the last of the rhapsodies of Khalid's, the Reader considering the circumstances under which it was written, will no doubt condone.
And from which we hope our Reader will infer that those outbursts and tears and rhapsodies of Khalid did mean somewhat.
Meanwhile, Khalid's rhapsodies on his way back to the city, we shall heed and try to echo.
There it was in his hand; and he looked as thoroughly disgusted as though he were quite sure that it contained all the rhapsodies of a favoured lover.
Indeed he was somewhat an adept at these things, and had only to adapt to the perhaps different taste of Mrs Bold the well-remembered rhapsodieswhich had once so much gratified Olivia Proudie.
He therefore now adopts the Wolfian hypothesis that "an official copy of Homer was made in Athens at the time of Solon or Pisistratus," from the rhapsodies existing in the memory of reciters.
They are equally familiar with bronze corslets, so, reckless this time of tradition, they thrust them even into rhapsodies which are centuries older than their own day.
Scarlatti, Handel, and Mozart in one group; a sonata by Beethoven; some of the shorter pieces of Schumann and Chopin, and one of the transcriptions or rhapsodies of Liszt.
The showy Hungarian Rhapsodies with which the majority of pianoforte recitals end are, however, more than mere transcriptions.
Liszt's confessed purpose in writing the Hungarian Rhapsodies was to create what he called "Gypsy epics.
And as one goes through these rhapsodies that came out year after year, one begins to feel that Swinburne's notion of liberty, when it is not empty of meaning, is something even worse.
Fortunately his heart was in the task, and Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies not only rank among his most powerful and convincing works, but must also be counted as superior specimens of national music in general.
Saint-Saens sets great store on Liszt's original compositions, and I am sure when the empty operatic paraphrases and rhapsodies are forgotten the true Liszt will shine the brighter.
I do not propose to add one more to the countless unscholarly rhapsodies which have been produced by visitors to Pompeii.
If he did--But I am straying away from the lights and shadows of this magic morning, which are far more delightful than the arcadian rhapsodies of Sannazzaro and of Bembo.
The trading upon an illustrious name can alone have given birth to the multitude of publications under the titles of historical memoirs, secret memoirs, and other rhapsodies which have appeared respecting Napoleon.
The incredible ignorance which runs through those memoirs, the absurdities and inconceivable silliness with which they abound, do not permit a man of honour and common sense to allow such wretched rhapsodies to be imputed to him.
We confess that, while we enjoy the verbal rhapsodies of the author, we were not carried away by this stately Virgin and Child by Daret, though there are many Darets that once passed as the work of Roger van der Weyden.
Over eighty years old, he crawled thrice a week to deliver his lectures at San Demetrio; he still cultivated a small patch of ground with enfeebled arm, composing, for relaxation, poems and rhapsodies at the patriarchal age of 88!
Then, three years later, there appeared a collection ofrhapsodies entitled "Milosao," which he had garnered from the lips of Albanian village maidens.
Dee came to the rescue, of course, with rhapsodies over the garden, jumping from that to the pictures in the City Hall and back to praise Claire Gaillard, who was evidently a favorite of the old ladies.
There it was in his hand, and he looked as thoroughly disgusted as though he were quite sure that it contained all the rhapsodies of a favoured lover.
Indeed, he was somewhat an adept at these things, and had only to adapt to the perhaps different taste of Mrs. Bold the well-remembered rhapsodies which had once so much gratified Olivia Proudie.
A few words from such a man as yourself impress me more profoundly than rhapsodies from another.
Why should we wish for rhapsodies and commonplace love-making?
The "Rhapsodies Hongroises" are of such dazzling brilliancy and show off a pianist's technique to such good purpose and so brilliantly, that their real musical worth has been under-estimated.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rhapsodies" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
