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Franz Liszt: Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses
One of Liszt’s most personal and confessional piano cycles, the Harmonies poétiques et religieuses contains two of his best-loved masterpieces – the serenely contemplative Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude (No. 3) and the heroic elegy Funérailles (No.7). The title is taken from a group of poems by Alphonse de Lamartine which inspired the set. Several of the pieces are headed by excerpts from the Lamartine poems, giving insight into Liszt´s programmatic intentions.
The cycle was composed in the years immediately after Liszt had abandoned the concert stage, persuaded by his lover Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein to concentrate on composition.
Many of the pieces here were written at Woronince, the Ukrainian country estate of Sayn-Wittgenstein.
Sheet Music Downloads:
| Title | Key | Published | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invocation no 1 | E Major | 1852 | Piece | 8+ |
| Ave Maria no 2 | B-flat Major | 1852 | Piece | 8+ |
| Benediction of God in Solitude no 3 | F-sharp Major | 1852 | Piece | 8+ |
| Thoughts of the Dead no 4 | n/a | 1852 | Piece | 8+ |
| Pater Noster no 5 | C Major | 1852 | Piece | 8+ |
| Hymn of the Child on Awakening no 6 | A-flat Major | 1852 | Piece | 8+ |
| Burial, October 1849 no 7 | F Minor | 1852 | Piece | 8+ |
| Miserere, after Palestrina no 8 | E Major | 1852 | Piece | 8+ |
| Andante lagrimoso no 9 | n/a | 1852 | Piece | 8+ |
| Hymn of Love no 10 | E Major | 1852 | Piece | 8+ |
