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Hungaria (S.103)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Hungaria (S.103)
Foreign language / English title
Hungaria (S.103)
Subtitle
Symphonische Dichtung, No. 9 / Symphonic Poem, No. 9
Dedication
To Princess Carolyne von Sayn-Wittgenstein
Year of composition
1848
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
picc., 2 fl., 2 ob., c.ing., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 2 trb., trb.b., tuba - 3 timp., perc. (trg., tmb.picc., tam-tam, ptto., gr.c.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
22 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
8 September 1856, National Theater, Pest; Ferenc Liszt (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edition Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig © 1857
Available here!
Recordings
HCD 12677-81, 1994 - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Árpád Joó (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1848, revised: 1854 and 1856