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Venezia e Napoli (S.159)

Composer
Liszt Ferenc
Original / Hungarian title
Venezia e Napoli (S.159)
Foreign language / English title
Venezia e Napoli (S.159)
Dedication
To Clara Schumann
Year of composition
1840
Type
Instrumental solo
Number of players
1
Instrumentation
pf.
Duration
24 min
Movements, parts
1. Lento: Chant du gondolier
2. Allegro
3. Andante placido
4. Tarantelles napolitaines. Allegro vivace
Publisher / Source
Edition Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1917, F.L. 49

Editio Musica Budapest 1977, Z. 8190
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Recordings
Hyperion Records CDA66661/2, 1993 - Leslie Howard (pf.)
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1838 - 1840, revised: 1859 (No. 3, 4 only)

No. 3 Based on the popular Song "La Biondina in Gondoletta" by Giovanni Battista Perucchini

No. 4 Based on a tarantella by Guillaume Louis Cottrau
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Zoltán Kocsis in Concert (1973-1986) Hungaroton