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Hexaméron (S.392)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Hexaméron (S.392)
Foreign language / English title
Hexaméron (S.392)
Dedication
To Princess Cristina Belgiojoso
Year of composition
1838
Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
pf.
Duration
21 min
Movements, parts
1. Introduction - Extremement lent. Allegro vivace doppio movimente
2. Theme - Allegro marziale
3. Variation I - Ben marcato (Sigismond Thalberg)
4. Variation II - Moderato
5. Variation III - Di bravura (Johann Peter Pixis)
6. Variation IV - Legato e grazioso (Henri Herz)
7. Variation V - Vivo e brillante. Fuocoso molto energico (Carl Czerny)
8. Variation VI - Largo (Frederic Chopin)
9. Finale - Molto vivace quasi prestissimo. Allegro animato
Publisher / Source
Edition Tobias Haslinger, Vienna 1839, T.H. 7700
Edwin F. Kalmus, Miami 1974, Edition No. 3602
Recordings
Hyperion Records 1990, CDA66433 - Leslie Howard (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1837 - 1838

Collaborative work by Ferenc Liszt and five other composers (Sigismond Thalberg, Johann Peter Pixis, Henri Herz, Carl Czerny and Frederic Chopin), based on the March theme "Suoni la tromba" from Act II of the opera "I puritani" by Vincenzo Bellini