Franz Liszt
Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses
S. 173

About Franz Liszt's 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.

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Preview TitleKey Year Level
1. Invocation  S . 173 No. 1  in E Major by Liszt piano sheet music AAB 1. Invocation 13 E Major 1852 8+
2. Ave Maria  S . 173 No. 2  in B-flat Major by Liszt piano sheet music AAC 2. Ave Maria 33 B-flat Major 1852 8+
3. Benediction of God in Solitude  S . 173 No. 3  in F-sharp Major by Liszt piano sheet music AAD 3. Benediction of God in Solitude 19 F-sharp Major 1852 8+
4. Thoughts of the Dead  S . 173 No. 4  by Liszt piano sheet music AAE 4. Thoughts of the Dead N/A 1852 8+
5. Pater Noster  S . 173 No. 5  in C Major by Liszt piano sheet music AAF 5. Pater Noster 1 C Major 1852 8+
6. Hymn of the Child on Awakening  S . 173 No. 6  in A-flat Major by Liszt piano sheet music AAG 6. Hymn of the Child on Awakening 27 A-flat Major 1852 8+
7. Funérailles  S . 173 No. 7  in F Minor by Liszt piano sheet music AAH 7. Funérailles 18 F Minor 1852 8+
8. Miserere, after Palestrina  S . 173 No. 8  in E Major by Liszt piano sheet music AAI 8. Miserere, after Palestrina 13 E Major 1852 8+
9. Andante lagrimoso  S . 173 No. 9  by Liszt piano sheet music AAJ 9. Andante lagrimoso N/A 1852 8+
10. Hymn of Love  S . 173 No. 10  in E Major by Liszt piano sheet music AAK 10. Hymn of Love 13 E Major 1852 8+