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Title of the work

La Notte (S.112/2) / The Night (S.112/2)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
La Notte (S.112/2) / Az éj (S.112/2)
Foreign language / English title
La Notte (S.112/2) / The Night (S.112/2)
Subtitle
Ode funébre No.2 / Funeral Ode No.2
Dedication
"Grato m´è il sonno, e pur l´esser di sasso,
mentre che il danno e la vergogna dura,
non veder, non sentir, m´e gran ventura:
però non mi destar, deh, parla basso!"
(Michelangelo)
Year of composition
1864
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 4 cor., 2 trb., trb.b. - 2 timp. - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
12 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Publisher / Source
Edition Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1916, F.L. 27

Editio Musica Budapest, L-38
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 - 1864

Movement II of "Trois Odes funebres symphonique"

See also Movement I and III:
The Dead (S.112/1)
Funeral Triumph of Tasso (S.112/3)

Arranged for solo Piano (S.516a) in 1864–1866
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Liszt: Complete Works for Violin & Piano Hungaroton