Franz Liszt
Années de pèlerinage, Second Year: Italy
S. 161

About Franz Liszt's Années de pèlerinage, Second Year: Italy

Like its predecessor, the second set of Liszt’s Years of Pilgrimage is comprised of pieces inspired by Liszt´s travels with his lover, Marie d’Agoult, throughout Italy and Switzerland in the period 1835-39. But unlike the previous volume, it does not depict scenery or moods from nature, but rather impressions of the country’s artworks.
Sposalizio is a reaction to Raphael’s painting The Marriage of the Virgin; Il Pensieroso was inspired by a statue by Michelangelo; the Canzonetta and the Sonnets are Liszt’s responses to Italian poetry; and the Dante Sonata, the longest and most demonic work of the whole Pilgrimage series, was obviously composed with reference to the Divine Comedy (although the title, After a Reading of Dante, actually comes from a Victor Hugo poem).

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1. Sposalizio  S . 161 No. 1  by Liszt piano sheet music AAB 1. Sposalizio N/A 1858 8+
2. Il pensieroso  S . 161 No. 2  by Liszt piano sheet music AAC 2. Il pensieroso N/A 1858 8+
3. Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa  S . 161 No. 3  by Liszt piano sheet music AAD 3. Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa N/A 1858 8+
4. Sonetto 47 del Petrarca  S . 161 No. 4  by Liszt piano sheet music AAE 4. Sonetto 47 del Petrarca N/A 1858 8+
5. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca  S . 161 No. 5  by Liszt piano sheet music AAF 5. Sonetto 104 del Petrarca N/A 1858 8+
6. Sonetto 123 del Petrarca  S . 161 No. 6  by Liszt piano sheet music AAG 6. Sonetto 123 del Petrarca N/A 1858 8+
7. Après une lecture du Dante  S . 161 No. 7  by Liszt piano sheet music AAH 7. Après une lecture du Dante N/A 1858 8+