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Totentanz (S.126) / Dance of Death (S.126)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Totentanz (S.126) / Haláltánc (S.126)
Foreign language / English title
Totentanz (S.126) / Dance of Death (S.126)
Subtitle
Paraphrase über "Dies irae" für Piano und Orchester (S.126) / Paraphrase on "Dies Irae" for Piano and Orchestra (S.126)
Dedication
"Dem Hochherzigen Progonen unserer Kunst, Hans von Bülow, Verehrungsvoll und Dankbar"
Year of composition
1849
Type
Concerto
Instrumentation
pf. solo - picc., 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., 3 trb., tuba - timp., perc. (ptti., trg., tam-tam) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
16 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
15 April 1865, Den Haag, Netherlands; Hans von Bülow (pf.), J.H. Verhulst (cond.)
Publisher / Source
C.F.W. Siegel Musikalienhandlung, Leipzig 1865, F.L. 29

Editio Musica Budapest © 1959, Z. 3046, L-34
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Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 31684, 1997 (recorded: 1976 and 1978) - Gyula Kiss (pf.), Hungarian State Orchestra, János Ferencsik (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1838 - 1849, revised: 1853, 1859

Composed on the Gregorian Chant "Dies Irae"
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Art Nova Classics
X5 Music Group AB