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This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

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Title of the work

Ballade No. 1 (S.170) / Ballade No. 1 (S.170)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Ballade No. 1 (S.170) / 1. ballada (S.170)
Foreign language / English title
Ballade No. 1 (S.170) / Ballade No. 1 (S.170)
Subtitle
La chiant du croisé / The Crusader´s Song
Dedication
To Prince Eugen von Wittgenstein
Year of composition
1845
Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
pf.
Duration
8 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Publisher / Source
Edition Kistner, Leipzig © 1849

Meissonnier Fils, Paris © 1849
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Recordings
Chandos CHAN6629, 1981 - Rhondda Gillespie (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1845, revised: 1848

The title ´La chiant du croisé´ is from Edition Meissonnier Fils