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Title of the work

Festvorspiel (S.356) / Festival Prelude (S.356)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Festvorspiel (S.356) / Ünnepi nyitány (S.356)
Foreign language / English title
Festvorspiel (S.356) / Festival Prelude (S.356)
Year of composition
1857
Type
Symphony orchestra
Instrumentation
2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 fg. - 2 cor., 2 tr., 2 trb., trb.b., tuba - 2 timp., perc. (ptti., gr.c.) - strings: vl. 1, vl. 2, vla., vlc., cb.
Duration
4 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Premiere information
4 September 1857; Weimar, Germany
Publisher / Source
Edition Hallberger, Stuttgart © 1858
Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig © 1915, Plate F.L. 19
Available here!
Recordings
Hungaroton HCD 31753, 1998 - Kerek Ferenc (pf.) (Original version)
Remarks, other info
See also original version for Piano:
Festvorspiel (S.226)