Grande Fantaisie Hongroise - apres la musique tzigane

First section, lassan, a slow melody, not sentimental but dark. Yes mayhap Lisztian in outlook but I'd like to say more Chopinesque musically.

Rubato, stretto, sudden sforzandi imminent.

A little sentimental at measure 16.

The run in Hungarian minor in the treble ought to vanish like a sigh.

A little heroism in measure 36.

Like huge drums and horns from m. 39.

Friska from m. 44 may be taken slightly faster or at the same tempo as indicated. It must give the impression of heavy drums and horns.

What I mean to say at m. 105 is that it must give the impression of a cithara, a stringed instrument played by repeated plucking on the strings.

At m. 167 put as much force as possible.

From m. 175 onward don't slow down, rather speed up if anything, restlessly increasing energy until the final staccato cadences to the final thick chord which must be dryly stopped with just one great hit and no pedal.