Fantaisie

In that cloud of witnessing women are not merely the women who inspired the tumultuous passions that create a "Tristan und Isolde" or a Chopin "Fantaisie," but sometimes it is a devoted sister like Fanny Mendelssohn, or a tender mother like the mother of Richard Wagner, to whom we find the great sound-compeller writing indeed, as he himself says, like a lover to a sweetheart:

"The Woman Behind the Man" 1916

Daniela de Bulow, my darling granddaughter, writes how kind you are, and will come with us shortly to Villa "Fantaisie" (Bayreuth).

Letters Liszt, Franz 1893

I have received the "Fantaisie" which he has done me the honor to dedicate to me, and the "Kinderscenen."

Letters Liszt, Franz 1893

L. Duperre; Op. 49, "Fantaisie" (F minor), dedicated to Madame la Princesse C. de Souzzo; and Op.

Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888

Messiaen wrote his colorful "Fantaisie" for violin and piano in 1933 and dedicated it (like his song cycle "Poèmes Pour Mi") to his first wife, the violinist and composer Claire Delbos.

NYT > Home Page By VIVIEN SCHWEITZER 2010

The "Fantaisie" begins with a declamatory theme for solo piano, which Messiaen soon reused in his organ work "L'Ascension."

NYT > Home Page By VIVIEN SCHWEITZER 2010

Messiaen wrote his colorful "Fantaisie" for violin and piano in 1933 and dedicated it (like his song cycle "Poèmes Pour Mi") to his first wife, the violinist and composer Claire Delbos.

NYT > Home Page By VIVIEN SCHWEITZER 2010

The "Fantaisie" begins with a declamatory theme for solo piano, which Messiaen soon reused in his organ work "L'Ascension."

NYT > Home Page By VIVIEN SCHWEITZER 2010

The "Fantaisie" dedicated to me is a work of the highest kind ” and I am really proud of the honor you have done me in dedicating to me so grand a composition.

Letters Liszt, Franz 1893

The F Minor Fantaisie was doggedly intense, the familiar F Flat Polonaise Op 53 thrillingly majestic.

Nikolai Lugansky – review 2011