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Title of the work

Die Seligkeiten (Les béatitudes) (S.25)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Die Seligkeiten (Les béatitudes) (S.25)
Foreign language / English title
Die Seligkeiten (Les béatitudes) (S.25)
Subtitle
Beati pauperes spiritu
Dedication
To Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein
Year of composition
1859
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s)
Instrumentation
Bar. solo - mixed choir (S-A-T-B) - org. (ad lib.)
Duration
10 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
biblical
Language
German
Publisher / Source
Edition Kahnt, Leipzig © 1861
Edition Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig © 1936, F.L. v 35
Recordings
Naxos CD 8.553786, 1997 - Paolo Crivellaro (Bar.), Choir of Radio Svizzera Lugano, Diego Fasolis (cond.)
Remarks, other info
Text based on the Bible (Matthew 5:3–10)