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Title of the work

Les morts (S.112/1) / The Dead (S.112/1)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Les morts (S.112/1) / A halottak (S.112/1)
Foreign language / English title
Les morts (S.112/1) / The Dead (S.112/1)
Subtitle
Ode funébre No.1 / Funeral Ode No. 1
Dedication
To Cosima von Bülow
Year of composition
1860
Type
Choir and orchestra
Instrumentation
male choir (T-T-B-B) - 2 fl., 2 cl., 2 ob., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., trb.b., tuba - arpa - 2 timp., perc. (tmb.mlt., ptti., gr.c.) - strings: vl. 1, vl 2., vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
10 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
LAMENNAIS, Félicité Robert de
Language
French
Publisher / Source
Edition Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1916, F.L. 26

Editio Musica Budapest, L-39
Available here!
Recordings
Hyperion CDA 67856, 2011 - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov (cond.)
Hungaroton SLPD 12511, 1985 - Jenő Jandó (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1860, Male choir added: 1866

On the Poem of Félicité Robert de Lamennais

Movement I of "Trois Odes funebres symphonique"

See also Movement II and III:
The Night (S.112/2)
Funeral Triumph of Tasso (S.112/3)

Arranged for solo Piano (S.516) in 1860