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Title of the work

Grande fantaisie sur des motifs de Niobe (S.419)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Grande fantaisie sur des motifs de Niobe (S.419)
Foreign language / English title
Grande fantaisie sur des motifs de Niobe (S.419)
Dedication
To Countess Miramont
Year of composition
1836
Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
pf.
Duration
12 min
Movements, parts
One movement
Publisher / Source
Edition G. Ricordi, Milan 1836, Plate 9920.
Edition Schlesinger, Berlin 1842, Plate S.2674
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Recordings
Hyperion Records CDA 67231/2, 1998 - Leslie Howard (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1835 - 1836

Based on the cavatina "I tuoi frequenti palpiti" from the opera Niobe by Giovanni Pacini