Liszt: La Campanella | Every Note Lit

"Campanella" means little bell: listen for the high D♯ that rings again and again above the tune. The video opens on that bell, then plays the whole étude from the beginning. This performance takes notes from pianists in our comments: a steadier pulse (no sudden rushing), trills at a human speed, and the first beat of each bar given real weight. Pianists: what would you change next? Chapters 0:00 The little bell (preview) 0:11 Allegretto: from the beginning 0:26 The little bell 1:07 Sempre staccato 1:50 Lightness 2:36 Bell and trills 3:47 Return 4:41 Più mosso 5:43 Animato Requests welcome: tell me in the comments which piece to animate next. The performance is programmed, not played live: every note's timing, touch, pedalling and phrasing was shaped by hand from the score, and rendered on a sampled concert grand. Music: Franz Liszt, La Campanella, S. 141 No. 3 · G♯ minor · 1851. Public domain. MuseTrainer public-domain MusicXML library, encoding dated 2021-11-20; adapted and repaired for scrolling notation. Historical comparison: Breitkopf and Härtel, plate 8368. — Public domain (as declared by the MuseTrainer library) — https://github.com/musetrainer/library Piano: Salamander Grand Piano V3 by Alexander Holm (CC BY 3.0). Fonts: Cormorant Garamond and Jost (SIL Open Font License); Emmentaler (LilyPond). #liszt #lacampanella #classicalpiano #pianomusic #sheetmusic