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Symphonic poems (Liszt)
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The symphonic poems of the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt are a series of 13 orchestral works, numbered S.95–107. The first 12 were composed between 1848 and 1858; the last, Von der Wiege bis zum Grab
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt
Goethe and Schiller in front of the Deutsches Nationaltheater and Staatskapelle Weimar, where many of Liszt's symphonic poems premiered.
Goethe and Schiller in front of the Deutsches Nationaltheater and Staatskapelle Weimar, where many of Liszt's symphonic poems premiered.
The Altenburg, Liszt's residence in Weimar (1848–1861), where he wrote the first 12 of his symphonic poems.
The Altenburg, Liszt's residence in Weimar (1848–1861), where he wrote the first 12 of his symphonic poems.
According to musicologist Norman Demuth and others, César Franck wrote the first symphonic poem.
According to musicologist Norman Demuth and others, César Franck wrote the first symphonic poem.
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A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music, usually in a single continuous movement, which illustrates or evokes the content of a poem, short story, novel, painting, landscape, or ot
Symphonic poems (Liszt)
…orchestral program music—compositions written to illustrate an extra-musical plan derived from a play, poem, painting or work of nature. They inspired the symphonic poems of Bedřich Smetana, Antonín Dvořák, Richard Strauss and others. Liszt's intent, according to musicologist Hugh MacDonald, was for these single-movement…
Vyšehrad over the Vltava River, evoked musically in the first poem of Smetana's Má vlast.
Vyšehrad over the Vltava River, evoked musically in the first poem of Smetana's Má vlast.
Hans Baldung Grien, Witches, woodcut, 1508. Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain was meant to evoke a witches' sabbath.
Hans Baldung Grien, Witches, woodcut, 1508. Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain was meant to evoke a witches' sabbath.
Michael Wolgemut, The Dance of Death (1493) from the Liber chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel, evoked musically in Saint-Saëns' Danse macabre.
Michael Wolgemut, The Dance of Death (1493) from the Liber chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel, evoked musically in Saint-Saëns' Danse macabre.
Honoré Daumier, Painting of Don Quixote, c. 1855–1865
Honoré Daumier, Painting of Don Quixote, c. 1855–1865