Orpheus is a symphonic poem written by Franz Liszt in 1853–54. He numbered it No. 4 in the cycle of 12 he wrote during his time in Weimar, Germany. It was first performed on 16 February 1854, conducte
Etruscan musician with a barbiton, Tomb of the Triclinium, Tarquinia
Tasso: lamento e trionfo, S. 96, was composed by Franz Liszt in 1849, revising it in 1850–51 and again in 1854. It is numbered No. 2 in his cycle of 13 symphonic poems written during his Weimar period
Franz Liszt, portrait by Hungarian painter Miklós Barabás, 1847