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Title of the work

Festvorspiel (S.226) / Festival Prelude (S.226)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Festvorspiel (S.226) / Ünnepi nyitány (S.226)
Foreign language / English title
Festvorspiel (S.226) / Festival Prelude (S.226)
Subtitle
Preludio pomposo
Dedication
To Carl Tausig
Year of composition
1856
Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
pf.
Duration
4 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
4 September 1857; Weimar, Germany (orchestral version)
Publisher / Source
Edition Hallberger, Stuttgart © 1857
Editio Musica Budapest © 1979, Z.6216
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Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 31753, 1998 - Kerek Ferenc (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Arranged for Orchestra in 1857 (S.356)

See also:
Festvorspiel (S.356)