Rakoczy March

Description

The Rakoczy March is one of fifteen Hungarian marches that Franz Liszt used in his composition Hungarian Rhapsody for Piano. He later arranged it for orchestra, pre-dating Berlioz's arrangement of the same theme in The Damnation of Faust. The pace of the March has varied in performance depending on the director and occasion, ranging in tempo from a typical march beat to that of a procession. In any case, the energetic force of the composition should be maintained and the dynamics adhered to.