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Hamlet (S.104)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Hamlet (S.104)
Foreign language / English title
Hamlet (S.104)
Subtitle
Symphonische Dichtung, No. 10 / Symphonic Poem, No. 10
Dedication
To Princess Carolyne von Sayn-Wittgenstein
Year of composition
1858
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
picc., 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., trb.b., tuba - timp. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
15 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
2 July 1876, Sondershausen, Germany; Max Erdmannsdörfer (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edition Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig © 1861
Available here!
Recordings
HCD 12677-81, 1994 - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Árpád Joó (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed originally as Overture to the Weimar performance of William Shakespeare´s tragedy