Part 16

Section three, Storm, begins (allegro ma non troppo, page 30) with a very theatrical variant of motive _a_, highly characteristic of Liszt, in which he resorts to the chromatic scale beloved of all musical storm-makers (_g_, Figure XXXI), and later to an endless series of diminished sevenths, intended for nothing but to make our flesh creep (_h_). It is unnecessary to follow out this section in detail; it is the least interesting of all, and illustrates that element of claptrap which Liszt could never entirely eliminate.