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Symphonic poem A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music in a single continuous section (a movement) in which the content of a poem, a story or novel, a painting, a landscape or another (non-musical) source is illustrated or evoked. The term was first applied by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt to his 13 works in this vein.
Les préludes. Franz Liszt, after a painting of 1856, by Wilhelm von Kaulbach. Les préludes ("Preludes" or "The Beginnings"), S.97, is 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 quatre élémens (The Four Elements), then revised as a ...
Jan 5, 2015 · Summary. In February 1848, the celebrated pianist Franz Liszt assumed his duties full time as Kapellmeister at Weimar, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar. Over the previous decade, Liszt had enjoyed some of his most important artistic successes in Paris, Vienna, Berlin, London, Pest, St. Petersburg, and even Constantinople; thus his ...
Apr 30, 2012 · Les Préludes, by Franz Liszt. Les Préludes, d’après Lamartine is the third of Franz Liszt’s symphonic poems. It was the first to be performed, and the only one to find a permanent place in the orchestral repertoire. Liszt invented the symphonic poem, but audiences and orchestras alike found them difficult and forbidding.
Franz Liszt (born Raiding, October 22, 1811; died Bayreuth, July 31, 1886 [1]) was a Hungarian composer and pianist. Liszt (pronounced like “list”) was one of the most influential musicians of the 19 th century. He was the greatest pianist of his time and went on lots of tours through Europe where everyone filled the concert halls to hear him.
He died on July 31. Franz Liszt - Composer, Pianist, Teacher: In 1834 Liszt emerged as a mature composer with the solo piano piece Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, based on a collection of poems by Alphonse de Lamartine, and the set of three Apparitions. The lyrical style of these works is in marked contrast to his youthful compositions ...
Sep 22, 2020 · Franz Liszt was born in 1811 in Hungary, into an already well-established musical family. His father, Adam Liszt, had been in service for Prince Nikolaus II Esterházy. This meant he was in direct contact with prolific composers such as Haydn, Beethoven and Hummel. Liszt was an incredibly innovative, well-respected and frankly a legend in his ...
