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    The symphonic poems of the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt are a series of 13 orchestral works, numbered S.95–107. The first 12 were composed between 1848...
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  • composer Franz Liszt first applied the term Symphonische Dichtung to his 13 works in this vein, which commenced in 1848. While many symphonic poems may compare...
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  • orchestra. Mazeppa, S. 100, is the sixth in the cycle of twelve symphonic poems written during Liszt's time in Weimar, however a thirteenth composition was added...
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  • Orpheus is a symphonic poem written by Franz Liszt in 1853–54. He numbered it No. 4 in the cycle of 12 he wrote during his time in Weimar, Germany. It...
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    influence of Liszt's symphonic poems is seen in Sibelius' Kullervo and En saga. Richard Strauss also wrote his notable collection of tone poems around this...
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    Franz Liszt composed his Prometheus in 1850, numbering it No. 5 in his cycle of symphonic poems when he revised it in 1855. The work is based on the Greek...
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    the third of Franz Liszt's thirteen symphonic poems. The music was composed between 1845 and 1854, and began as an overture to Liszt's choral cycle Les...
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  • War of the Romantics (category Franz Liszt)
    six of Liszt's symphonic poems were published and the Faust Symphony premiered under Liszt's baton. Hanslick revised his text to mention Liszt and those...
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  • first of thirteen symphonic poems by Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Liszt. It is an orchestral work inspired by Victor Hugo's poem of the same name,...
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    extreme to which Liszt went to create the programmatic atmosphere of his Symphonic Poems. Johnston, Blair. "Die Ideale, symphonic poem for orchestra, S...
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    Franz Liszt wrote his symphonic poem Hungaria in 1854, basing it partly on the Heroic March in the Hungarian Style for piano which he wrote in 1840. It...
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  • composed by Franz Liszt in 1849, revising it in 1850–51 and again in 1854. It is numbered No. 2 in his cycle of 13 symphonic poems written during his...
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    until 2 July 1876. Like all but one of Liszt's 13 symphonic poems, Hamlet was written while Liszt was working in Weimar and is dedicated to Carolyne...
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    Héroïde funèbre, S. 102, is a symphonic poem written by Franz Liszt in 1850 and published in 1857 as No. 8. The work originated as the first movement...
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  • notable composers who wrote symphonic poems. En skärgardssägen, Op. 20 (1903) Isabella or the Pot of Basil (1909, after the poem by John Keats) Pompilia (1903)...
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    where he played some of Liszt's most difficult works. He arranged Liszt's 13 Symphonic Poems. He received the Czechoslovak State Award in 1928. Bach - Organ...
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    acquainted with Liszt's symphonic poems. He soon started voicing the slogan, "New ideas must seek new forms" as central to Liszt's symphonic works, and from...
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    libretto of her opera La Montagne noire and the programmatic poems for her symphonic poems including Irlande and Andromède. Holmès was born in Paris, the...
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    Hungarian Romantic composer Franz Liszt (1811–1886) was especially prolific, composing more than 700 works. A virtuoso pianist himself, much of his output...
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    Huns), S.105, is a symphonic poem by Franz Liszt, written in 1857 after a painting of the same name by Wilhelm von Kaulbach. Liszt conducted the premiere...
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  • Thematic transformation (category Franz Liszt)
    Diminution Fragmentation (music) Faust Symphony Piano Sonata (Liszt) Symphonic Poems (Liszt) Cooper, Martin, ed. Gerald Abraham, "The Symphonies", Music...
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    Festklänge, S. 101, is the seventh symphonic poem by Franz Liszt. Written in 1853 during Liszt's time in Weimar, it was first performed on 9 November...
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    compositional practices and programmatic goals he had established in his symphonic poems. After Liszt, Mahler took on the legacy of Beethoven in his early symphonies...
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  • With Liszt, however, thematic transformation would become a compositional device to which he would turn time and again—in the symphonic poems, the Faust...
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  • Examples are Liszt's Symphonic Poems, his Symphonies after Faust and Dante, his two Legends for piano and many others. This is not to say, Liszt had invented...
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    Franz Liszt (solo piano) and Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (solo violin); Hector Berlioz, Franz Liszt, and Max Reger have orchestrated the piece. Goethe's poem was...
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    The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas) (category Symphonic poems)
    The Sorcerer's Apprentice (French: L'Apprenti sorcier) is a symphonic poem by the French composer Paul Dukas, completed in 1897. Subtitled "Scherzo after...
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  • Danse macabre (Saint-Saëns) (category Symphonic poems by Camille Saint-Saëns)
    Danse macabre, Op. 40, is a symphonic poem for orchestra, written in 1874 by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. It premiered 24 January 1875. It...
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  • Dante Symphony (category Compositions by Franz Liszt)
    so much a symphony in the classical sense as it is two descriptive symphonic poems. Regardless, Dante consists of two movements, both in a loosely structured...
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    In the Steppes of Central Asia (category Symphonic poems)
    Central Asia') is a symphonic poem (or "musical tableau") composed by Alexander Borodin in 1880, which he dedicated to Franz Liszt. In the Steppes of Central...
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