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Title of the work

Hunnenschlacht (S.105) / Battle of Huns (S.105)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Hunnenschlacht (S.105) / Hunok csatája (S.105)
Foreign language / English title
Hunnenschlacht (S.105) / Battle of Huns (S.105)
Subtitle
Symphonische Dichtung, No. 11 / Symphonic Poem, No. 11
Dedication
To Princess Carolyne von Sayn-Wittgenstein
Year of composition
1857
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
picc., 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 2 trb., trb.b., tuba - org. (or arm.) - 3 timp., perc. (ptto.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
14 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
29 December 1857, Hoftheater, Weimar, Germany; Ferenc Liszt (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: 1856 - 1857

After the fresco ´Battle of Huns´ by Wilhelm Kaulbach