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Title of the work

O du mein holder Abendstern (S.444) / O thou Beloved Evening Star (S.444)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
O du mein holder Abendstern (S.444)
Foreign language / English title
O du mein holder Abendstern (S.444) / O thou Beloved Evening Star (S.444)
Subtitle
Recitative and Romance from Tannhäuser for Piano
Dedication
"Seiner Königlichen Hoheit Carl Alexander, Erbgroßherzog von Sachsen-Weimar, in dankbarer Ergebenheit gewidmet"
Year of composition
1848
Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
pf.
Duration
6 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Publisher / Source
Edition Fr. Kistner, Leipzig 1849, Plate 1656

Editio Musica Budapest 1996, Z. B 13360 (Edited by Imre Sulyok, Adrienne Kaczmarczyk)
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Recordings
Decca London CD 436 736-2, 1993 - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Concert-paraphrase based on Wolfram´s Aria from Act III in Richard Wagner´s Opera the Tannhäuser