Liszt: Les Préludes - Tone Poem No. 3 (arr. for piano)

Composer: Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Arranger: August Stradal Instrumentation (this edition): Piano Originally for: Orchestra Work: Les préludes (Symphonic Poem No. 3), S. 97, LW G3 Binding: Paperback ISMN: 9790004161067 Size: 9.1 x 12.0 inches Pages: 24 Look Inside! PDF Preview Description Franz Liszt's symphonic poem Les Préludes , written in 1854, follows the eponymous text from Alphonse de Lamartine's collection of poems Méditations poétiques. "What else is our life but a series of preludes to that unknown Hymn, the first and solemn note of which is intoned by Death?" Franz Liszts symphonic poem Les Préludes , written in 1854, follows the eponymous text from Alphonse de Lamartines collection of poems Méditations poétiques. It describes the fate of a man torn between the joys of love, a rustic idyll and a fierce struggle the latter serving to frame the work in the hymn-like Andante maestoso sections. Lamartines poem is printed in three languages in the pre