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Title of the work

Cantico del sol di Francesco d´Assisi (S.4) / Saint Francis of Assisi´s Canticle of the Sun (S.4)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Cantico del sol di Francesco d´Assisi (S.4) / Assziszi Szent Ferenc Nap-himnusza (S.4)
Foreign language / English title
Cantico del sol di Francesco d´Assisi (S.4) / Saint Francis of Assisi´s Canticle of the Sun (S.4)
Dedication
"Dem Freiherrn Senfft von Pilsach verehrungsvoll gewidmet"
Year of composition
1862
Type
Solo voice(s), choir, solo instr. & orch.
Instrumentation
Bar. solo - male choir (T-Bar) - 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., trb.b., tuba - org. - 2 timp. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
16 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
S. Francesco d´Assisi
Language
Latin / German
Premiere information
26 March 1863, Palazzo Altieri, Rome (First version)

2 July 1877, Stadtkirche, Jena, Germany; Franz von Milde (T.) (First version)

21 December 1884, Pressburg (Bratislava), Hungary; (Second version)
Publisher / Source
Edition C.F. Kahnt, Leipzig © 1884, Plate 2617 (Second version)
Edition Breitkopf and Härtel © 1936, F.L. v12
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 31960, 2001 - György Melis (Bar.), Sándor Margittay (org.), Hungarian Radio and Televison Male Choir, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, János Ferencsik (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Revised: 1880 - 1882

First version is not published
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Liszt: Cantatas & Hymns Hungaroton