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Title of the work

Comment disaient-ils (S.276) / How, they said (S.276)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Comment disaient-ils (S.276) / Ti nők, van-e rév (S.276)
Foreign language / English title
Comment disaient-ils (S.276) / How, they said (S.276)
Year of composition
1842
Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
S. or T. - pf.
Duration
2 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
HUGO, Victor
Language
French / German / Hungarian
Publisher / Source
Edition Schlesinger, Berlin © 1844
Edition Schlesinger, Berlin © 1859 (Revised version)
Edition Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig © 1921, F.L. VII 66 (Revised version)
Editio Musica Budapest © 2011, D400502
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Recordings
Decca CD 425820, 1990 - Kiri Te Kanawa (S.), Roger Vignoles (pf.)
EMI Classics CDC 5550472, 1994 - Thomas Hampson (Bar.), Geoffry Parsons (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1842, revised: 1849 - 1859

Based on the Poem of Victor Hugo

German translation by Victor Massé
Hungarian translation by Ernő Hárs