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Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor, S.244/2, is the second in a set of 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies by composer Franz Liszt, published in 1851, and is by far the most famous of the set. In both the original piano solo form and in the orchestrated version this composition has enjoyed widespread use in animated cartoons.
The orchestral rhapsodies numbered 1–6 correspond to the piano solo versions numbered 14, 2, 6, 12, 5 and 9 respectively. In 1874, Liszt also arranged the same six rhapsodies for piano duet (S.621). In 1882 he made a piano duet arrangement of No. 16 (S.622), and in 1885 a piano duet version of No. 18 (S.623) and No. 19 (S.623a).
Portions of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies (all except rhapsodies 3, 5 and 17) take their form from the csárdás and contain a friska section. [2] The friska is generally either turbulent or jubilant in tone. The Friska of Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 is also the most well-known of the Hungarian Rhapsodies.
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Piano Quintet (1903–04) DD 77, BB 33 (An earlier piano quintet, also in C major, composed in 1897, is lost.) [2] Rhapsody No. 1 for violin and piano (1928) Sz. 86, BB 94; Rhapsody No. 2 for violin and piano (1929) Sz. 89, BB 96; Rhapsody for cello and piano Sz. 86, BB 94 (transcription by Bartók of Rhapsody for Violin and Piano No. 1)
While the 1946 Bugs Bunny short cartoon Rhapsody Rabbit mostly features Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2", at one point a mouse briefly plays the opening bars of "Chopsticks". [citation needed] Liberace plays a virtuoso "Chopsticks" accompanied by full orchestra early in the 1955 film Sincerely Yours. [5]
It is also the first appearance of "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2" by Franz Liszt in a cartoon, [2] and its use heavily influenced later cartoons including the Merrie Melodies short Rhapsody in Rivets (1941), Bugs Bunny's Rhapsody Rabbit (1946), Tom and Jerry's The Cat Concerto (1947) and Woody Woodpecker's Convict Concerto.
Measures 5–6 of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2.. Tchaikovsky’s piece, “Marche slave”, has a main theme using the Hungarian minor scale.. The Pink Panther Theme, originally played in the key of E minor, is noted for its quirky, unusual use of chromaticism which is derived from this scale.