The short answer
Grande paraphrase de la marche de Donizetti, S. 403 is a piece by Franz Liszt from the Romantic era. PlayPiano puts it at Level 10, an estimate.
- paraphrase
- Romantic
- grand
- stormy
- arpeggios
Also known as Grande paraphrase de la Marche pour le Sultan Abdul-Medjid Khan S.403; composée pour Sa Majesté le Sultan Abdul-Medjid Khan S. 403.
History
A low pickup expands into a broad, majestic opening gesture. The printed two-hand option is a source instruction, not a reason to force an inferred hand assignment from staff numbers.
Sources
How to practise it
- Group the opening register-spanning figure slowly and read the explicit optional-hand instruction.
How hard is it
Level 10, estimated
A very wide short-note span including sixty-fourths leads into extensive virtuoso material.
About this piece
- Licence
- cc-zero
- Source
- musescore.com
More by Franz Liszt
- Consolation No. 1, S. 172Level 4, estimatedWith Maestro
- Liebesträume No. 3, S. 541Level 9, estimatedWith Maestro
- Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2Level 10, estimatedWith Maestro

