can you be more specific? i've never heard of a or b, i've always seen it categorized as s163, do you have source citatin or musicology discussion that talks about that theme in this composition? i'v never come across it, it would make interesting reading (the music history not so much the piece i'm interested in).
Composer(s) : Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)
Work type(s) : Piano solo
Duration : 55:26
Composition date(s) : 1877
Movements or Excerpts
Name Average duration Key & mode
1 Angelus! Prière aux anges gardiens 10:26 E major
2 Aux Cyprès de la Villa d'Este, Thrénodie no.1 6:56 A minor
3 Aux Cyprès de la Villa d'Este, Thrénodie no.2 10:51 E minor
4 Les jeux d'eau de la Villa d'Este 7:54 F-sharp major
5 Sunt lacrymae rerum. En mode hongrois 7:40
6 Marche funèbre 8:06 F minor
7 Sursum corda. Erhebet eure herzen 3:33 E major