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Die Legende von der Heiligen Elisabeth (S.2) / The Legend of Saint Elizabeth (S.2)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Die Legende von der Heiligen Elisabeth (S.2) / Szent Erzsébet legendája (S.2)
Foreign language / English title
Die Legende von der Heiligen Elisabeth (S.2) / The Legend of Saint Elizabeth (S.2)
Subtitle
Oratorium / Oratorio
Dedication
"Seiner Majstät Ludwig II. König von Bayern in dankbarer Ehrfurcht"
Year of composition
1862
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
S., Ms., A. or Bar., 2 Bar., 2 B. solo - mixed choir - children´s choir (ad lib.) - picc., 3 fl., 2 ob., c.ing., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb., tuba - 2 arpa, arm., org. - 3 timp., perc. (tmb.picc., ptti., gr.c., camp.b.) - strings
Duration
150 min
Movements, parts
Erster Teil / Első rész / First part:

Einleitung / Bevezetés / Introduction
1. Ankunft der Elisabeth auf Wartburg / Erzsébet Wartburgba érkezése / Arrival of Elizabeth at the Wartburg
2. Landgraf Ludwig / Lajos Őrgróf / Landgrave Ludwig
3. Die Kreutzritter / A kereszteslovagok / The Crusaders

Zweiter Teil / Második rész / Second Part

4. Landgräfin Sophie / Zsófia Őrgrófnő / Countess Sophia
5. Elisabeth / Erzsébet / Elizabeth
6. Feierliche Bestattung der Elisabeth / Erzsébet ünnepélyes eltemetése / Solemn Burial of Elizabeth
Text
ROQUETTE, Otto
Language
German / Hungarian / French / English
Premiere information
15 August 1865, Vigadó, Pest (Budapest), Hungary; Ilka Markovits-Pauli (S.), Mari Rabatszky (Ms.), Lajos Bignio (Bar.), Károly Kőszeghi (B.), Péter Thaisz (Bar.), Ferenc Liszt (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edition C. F. Kahn (Edition Peters), Leipzig

Editio Musica Budapest © 1986, Z. 40 081 (Study Score)
Available here!
Recordings
HCD 12694, 1996 - Éva Marton (S.), Éva Farkas (Ms.), Sólyom-Nagy Sándor (Bar.), István Gáti (Bar.), Kolos Kováts (B.), József Gregor (B.), Nyíregyháza Childrens´ Choir, Budapest Choir, Hungarian State Orchestra, Árpád Joó (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1857 - 1862

Premiered with the Hungarian translation of Kornél Ábrányi
French translation by Gustave Lagye
English by Constance Bache
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Die Legende von der Heiligen Elisabeth R.477 Hungaroton
Ferenc Liszt: Complete Organ Works Hungaroton