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Festklänge (S.101) / Festival Sounds (S.101)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Festklänge (S.101) / Ünnepi hangok (S.101)
Foreign language / English title
Festklänge (S.101) / Festival Sounds (S.101)
Subtitle
Symphonische Dichtung, No. 7 / Symphonic Poem, No. 7
Dedication
To Princess Carolyna von Sayn-Wittgenstein
Year of composition
1853
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 2 trb., trb.b., tuba - 4 timp., perc. (ptti., gr.c.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
18 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
9 November 1854, Hoftheater, Weimar, Germany; Ferenc Liszt (cond.) (As introduction to Firedrich Schillers: ´Huldignung der Künste´)
Publisher / Source
Edition Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig © 1856
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 12677-81, 1994 - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Árpád Joó (cond.)