Virtuosity pt. 2Instrumental

• Pushing boundaries of technique

• Setting new standards

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

• Hungary, Vienna, Paris

• Virtuoso Performer

• Piano Recitals

Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody #2played by Lang Lang

Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody #2 (1P4H version)Victor Borge and friend

Louis Moreau Gottschalk

• 1829-1869

• born in New Orleans

• trained in Paris

• “American Liszt”

Gottschalk, “Union” (1862)

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Yankee Doodle

Yankee Doodle

Yankee Doodle / Hail Columbia

Star Spangled Banner

Hail, Columbia

Fanfare like beginning

Yankee Doodle / Hail Columbia

Please “click in”

• 1) I am male

• 2) I am female

• 3) Other or prefer not to say

Niccolo Paganini

• 1782-1840

• Italian violin virtuoso

Paganini, Caprice no. 24played by Hilary Hahn

Jimi Hendrix(1942-1970)

• Extended techniques

George Crumb, Black Angelsplayed by the Kronos Quartet

Metallica, “Master of Puppets”

Marco GranadosVenezuelan flutist

Chris ThileMandolin Maniac for

Nickel CreekThe Punch Brothers