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Mephisto-Walzer No. 2 (S.111) / Mephisto-Waltz No. 2 (S.111)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Mephisto-Walzer No. 2 (S.111) / 2. Mefisztó-keringő (S.111)
Foreign language / English title
Mephisto-Walzer No. 2 (S.111) / Mephisto-Waltz No. 2 (S.111)
Dedication
Camille Saint-Saëns verehrungsvoll und freundschaftlich gewidmet
Year of composition
1880
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
picc., 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., trb.b., tuba - arpa - 2 timp., perc. (trg., ptti.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
10 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
9 March 1881, Vigadó, Pest, Budapest; Orchestra of the Philhamonic Society, Sándor Erkel (cond.)
Publisher / Source
Edition Fürstner, Berlin 1881 Edition Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1913, F.L. 17
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Remarks, other info
Composed: 1880, arranged for orchestra: 1881