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This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

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Title of the work

Es muss ein Wunderbares sein (S.314)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Es muss ein Wunderbares sein (S.314)
Foreign language / English title
Es muss ein Wunderbares sein (S.314)
Year of composition
1852
Type
Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s)
Number of players
2
Instrumentation
Ms. or Bar., pf.
Duration
3 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Text
REDWITZ, Oscar von
Language
German / English
Publisher / Source
Edition Kahnt, Leipzig 1859
Oliver Ditson Publishing, Boston © 1911 (English version)
Edition Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1921, F.L. VII 29
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Recordings
EMI Classics, CDC 550472, 1994 - Thomas Hampson (Bar.), Geoffrey Parsons (pf.)
Virgin Classics CD 0709282, 2011 - Diana Damrau (S.), Helmut Deutsch (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Composed on the poem by Oscar von Redwitz

English translation by Charles Manney