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Set of piano pieces by Franz Liszt
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (Poetic and Religious Harmonies ), S.173, is a cycle of piano pieces written by
Franz Liszt at
Woronińce (
Voronivtsi , the Polish-Ukrainian country estate of
Liszt ’s mistress Princess
Carolyne von Sayn-Wittgenstein ) in 1847, and published in 1853. The pieces are inspired by the poetry of
Alphonse de Lamartine , as was Liszt’s symphonic poem
Les Préludes .
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Structure
The ten compositions which make up this cycle are:
Invocation (completed at Woronińce);
Ave Maria (transcription of choral piece written in 1846);
Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude (‘The Blessing of God in Solitude,’ completed at Woronińce);
Pensée des morts (‘In Memory of the Dead,’ reworked version of earlier individual composition, Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (1834));
Pater Noster (transcription of choral piece written in 1846);
Hymne de l’enfant à son réveil (‘The Awaking Child’s Hymn,’ transcription of choral piece written in 1846);
Funérailles (October 1849) (‘Funeral’);
Miserere, d’après Palestrina (after
Palestrina );
La lampe du temple (Andante lagrimoso);
Cantique d’amour (‘Hymn of Love,’ completed at Woronińce).
Reception
Critic Patrick Rucker wrote in 2016 that “in Liszt’s engagement with the poetry of Alphonse de Lamartine, there is a naked intensity, an urgent, in-your-face, lapel-grasping earnestness that one doesn’t find, say, in the
Années de pèlerinage .”
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References
External links
Music Operas Choral works
Symphonic poems Other orchestral works Piano and orchestra Solo piano Opera paraphrases Family Pupils Related