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Title of the work

Die Ideale (S.106) / The Ideals (S.106)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Die Ideale (S.106) / Az ideálok (S.106)
Foreign language / English title
Die Ideale (S.106) / The Ideals (S.106)
Subtitle
Symphonische Dichtung, No. 12 / Symphonic Poem, No. 12
Dedication
To Princess Carolyne von Sayn-Wittgenstein
Year of composition
1857
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., trb.b., tuba - timp., perc. (ptto.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
27 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
5 September 1857, Hoftheater, Weimar, Germany; Ferenc Liszt (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edition Breitkopf and Härtel, Leipzig © 1858
Available here!
Recordings
HCD 12677-81, 1994 - Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Árpád Joó (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Composed after the Poem ´The Ideals´ by Friedrich Schiller