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Eine Faust-Symphonie, S.108 / Franz Liszt [notated music]

Title

Eine Faust-Symphonie, S.108: Study score. [notated music]

Composer

Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886

Editor

Kellermann, Berthold, 1853-1926

Place of Publication/Creation

Edwardsville, IL

Published/Created

2015

Type of Material

notated music

Genre

notated music

Publisher

Serenissima Music, Inc

Imprints

Petrucci Library Pres

Reprint (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1918. Plate F.L. 17)

Edition

Reprint (Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1918. Plate F.L. 17)

Language

German

Media

unmediated

Physical Description

210 pages of music

Carrier

volume

Contents Note

1. Faust -- 2. Gretchen -- 3. Mephisopheles -- 4. Chorus mysticus (optional).

Summary

Although he made sketches for a large symphonic work on the subject of Goethe's novel Faust, which he had been introduced to by Berlioz (via Gerard de Nerval's French translation), it's was during Liszt's period of residency in Weimar that the sketeches took root to grow into Eine Faust-Symphonie in drei Charakterbildern. The 1852 premiere of Berlioz's work on the same subject might have provided some inspiration, along with visits to Weimar by Gerard de Nerval and the English novelist George Eliot. Once he started in earnest, Liszt composed the piece quickly from August through October of 1854. The piece was revised in advance of its premiere - given in Weimer at the dedication of the Goethe-Schiller monument on September 5, 1857. This new score is a digitally enhanced reissue of the critical edition by Berthold Kellermann prepared for the Liszt Gesammtausgabe first published in 1918.

Notes

Study score.

Tenor solo, Men's Chorus / Orchestra
3d1, 2, 2, 2 - 4, 3, 3, 1, timp, hp, org, str.

ISMN with hyphens: 979-0-58021-050-0

Description based on ISMN data provided by the publisher.

Subject

Symphonies

ISBN

9781608740352

International Standard Music Number (ISMN)

9790580210500

Last Updated: 03-26-2022