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Title of the work

Prometheus (S.99) / Prometheus (S.99)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Prometheus (S.99) / Prométheusz (S.99)
Foreign language / English title
Prometheus (S.99) / Prometheus (S.99)
Subtitle
Symphonische Dichtung, No. 5 / Symphonic Poem, No. 5
Dedication
To Princess Carolyna von Sayn-Wittgenstein
Year of composition
1850
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
picc., 2 fl., 2 ob., c.ing., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., trb.b., tuba - 3 timp. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
14 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
25 August 1850, Weimar, Germany (Original version as Ouverture)

18 October 1855, Braunschweig, Germany (Final version as Symphonic Poem)
Publisher / Source
Edition Breitkopf and Härtel, © 1856
Available here!
Recordings
BMC Records, BMC CD 009, 1998 - Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Zsolt Hamar (cond.)
Hungaroton HCD 12677-81, 1994 - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Árpád Joó (cond.)
1 min. sample
1 Prometheus (S.99)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1850, revised: 1855

Orginally written as Ouverture to the Prometheus Choruses based on the text by Johann Gottfried Herder