This study examines Liszt's use of the style hongrois in his Swiss book of Années de pèlerinage to reference certain sentiments he had experienced. The event that brought Liszt to Switzerland is discussed in Chapter 1 in order to establish an understanding of the personal difficulties facing Liszt during the period when the Swiss book took shape. Based on Jonathan Bellman's research of the style hongrois, Chapter 2 examines the Swiss pieces that exhibit musical gestures characteristic of this style. Bellman also introduced a second, metaphoric meaning of the style hongrois, which is discussed in Chapter 3 along with Liszt's accounts from his book Des Bohémien as well as the literary quotations that are included in the Swiss book. Together, the biographical facts, the accounts from Des Bohémien, and the literary quotations show that Liszt was using the style hongrois to substantiate the autobiographical significance of the Swiss book.

Volumes one and two of Annees de Pelerinage contain travel impressions. The pieces in volume three serve as a means of expressing a religious pilgrimage. The religiousmeaning is implied by the titles and by letters Liszt wrote concerning specific pieces. For the pieces to have programmatic significance, the music must support the verbal clues. This dissertation maintains that selected pieces in Annees de Pelerinage III are programmatic and that Liszt provided musical clues that have not been discovered or, if noticed, have not been analyzed in detail. Also, the dissertation explores similarities between selected pieces of Annees de Pelerinage III and other programmatic or texted works by Liszt sharing the same subject. The findings reinforce the premise that Liszt deliberately intended to express certain extra-musical ideas within the music itself. The paper briefly analyzes the musical reasons for labeling Annees de Pelerinaae III a cycle. Different sources call these pieces cyclic, citing the shared common religious theme as the reason. This dissertation discusses musical reasons that reinforce the idea of a cycle. Chapter II discusses Liszt's views on program music. Chapter III identifies common themes in Liszt's programmatic works and discusses the symbolic significance of thematic transformation. Chapter IV suggests an approach to analyzing program music. Chapter V discusses Liszt's musical narrative and his use of common rhetorical devices. Chapter VI analyzes extra-musical associations in selected pieces from the Annees de Pelerinaae—Troisieme Annee. Five pieces have been selected for analysis—Anaelus1. Aux Cypres de la Villa d'Este I and II, Marche funebre. and Sursum corda.

Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 8 août 2023) / Pour de nombreux musiciens, la musique composée par Franz Liszt est absolument fascinante. Pour réaliser une bonne interprétation des œuvres de Liszt, il faut, une excellente technique et des connaissances sur sa vie. Il existe d'innombrables textes écrits sur ce compositeur qui a vécu tout près de 75 ans. D'ailleurs, Liszt a eu une grande influence auprès des musiciens du 19ᵉ siècle. Il y a très peu de thèses ou d'écrits qui vont se concentrer sur tout le cycle Années de Pèlerinage. La composition de ce répertoire de 23 pièces s'échelonne sur tout près de 40 ans de la vie de cet illustre musicien. Cette recherche s'attarde sur les éléments qui ont influencé le compositeur pour écrire chacune des pièces de ce répertoire. Après une brève biographie, le premier chapitre présente ce que Liszt a mis en musique lors de son périple en Suisse. Le second chapitre parle de l'influence des textes religieux. Le troisième chapitre rend compte des influences des tableaux et des sculptures vus surtout en Italie. Le quatrième chapitre, le plus volumineux, démontre l'importance des textes poétiques et philosophiques sur les compositions du pianiste. Le dernier chapitre parle des influences des thèmes folkloriques. En conclusion, cette thèse peut servir de guide pour les interprètes qui désirent jouer ce répertoire. / An enlightened performance of the music of Franz Liszt requires knowledge about his life and his works. There are countless texts written about this composer who lived almost 75 years. There are very few will talk about the entire Années de Pèlerinage cycle. This corpus of 23 pieces spans almost 40 years of the life of this illustrious pianist. This research focuses on the elements that influenced the composer to write each of the pieces in this collection. After a brief biography, the first chapter presents what Liszt set to music during his trip in Switzerland. He said he wanted to express his strongest feelings through music. The second chapter deals with the influence of religious texts. The third chapter gives an account of the influences of the paintings and sculptures seen especially in Italy. The fourth chapter, the most voluminous, displays the importance of the poetic and philosophical texts on the compositions of the pianist. The last chapter talks about the influences of folk themes. Finally, and as a conclusion, the reader will find a guide for the performers who wish to play this repertoire.

[ES] El planteamiento inicial de esta investigación surgió buscando una justificación lógica que ayudara en la interpretación de la música que los compositores tratan de plasmar por escrito en la partitura, a través de indicaciones en ocasiones poco concretas, con la finalidad de explicar al oyente la trama argumental y la expresividad inherente de la pieza. Con este estudio se pretende descubrir los patrones de trabajo utilizados por Franz Liszt en el diseño de estructuras pequeñas o microformas musicales, para así poder establecer el nexo entre éstas y lo que quiere evocar o describir con ellas. Para ello surge la propuesta de catalogar los recursos descriptivos y procedimientos compositivos y pianísticos usados por el pianista y compositor húngaro. El buscar e interrelacionar la idea programática de sus obras con el pensamiento descriptivo musical que las inspiró, analizar los recursos compositivos que utilizó para profundizar en la razón expresiva que motivó la importante transformación y renovación de las formas clásicas que efectuó y por último, estudiar el proceso de elaboración individual de la estructura formal de cada obra, así como buscar los paralelismos o semejanzas con las ideas descriptivas y las figuraciones o recursos musicales empleados por Franz Liszt. / [CA] El plantejament inicial d'aquesta investigació va sorgir buscant una justificació lògica que ajudara en la interpretació de la música que els compositors intenten plasmar per escrit a la partitura, a través d'indicacions de vegades poc concretes, amb la finalitat d'explicar a l'oient la trama argumental i la expressivitat inherent de la peça. Amb aquest estudi es pretén descobrir els patrons de treball utilitzats per Franz Liszt en el disseny d'estructures menudes o microformes musicals, per poder establir el nexe entre aquestes i el que vol evocar o descriure amb elles. Per això sorgeix la proposta de catalogar els recursos descriptius i procediments compositius i pianístics usats pel pianista i compositor hongarès. Buscar i interrelacionar la idea programàtica de les seves obres amb el pensament descriptiu musical que les va inspirar, analitzar els recursos compositius que va utilitzar per aprofundir en la raó expressiva que va motivar la important transformació i renovació de les VI formes clàssiques que va efectuar, finalment, estudiar el procés d'elaboració individual de l'estructura formal de cada obra, així com cercar els paral·lelismes o semblances amb les idees descriptives i les figuracions o recursos musicals emprats per Franz Liszt. / [EN] The initial approach of this research arose looking for a logical justification that would help in the interpretation of the music that the composers try to capture in writing in the score, through indications sometimes not awfully specific, to explain to the listener the plot and the inherent expressiveness of the piece. The aim of this study is to discover the work patterns used by Franz Liszt in the design of small structures or musical microforms, to establish the link between them and what he wants to evoke or describe with them. For this, the proposal arises to catalog the descriptive resources and compositional and pianistic procedures used by the Hungarian pianist and composer. The search for and interrelate the programmatic idea of his works with the musical descriptive thought that inspired them, analyze the compositional resources that he used to delve into the expressive reason that motivated the important transformation and renewal of the classical forms that he carried out and finally, study the process of individual elaboration of the formal structure of each work, as well as looking for the parallels or similarities with the descriptive ideas and the figurations or musical resources used by Franz Liszt. / Esplugues Esplugues, FJ. (2023). Procedimientos y recursos descriptivos del lenguaje pianístico de Franz Liszt. Los tres années de pèlerinage S.160, S.161 Y S.163 [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/202193