Les préludes
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Les préludes is a symphonic poem by Franz Liszt, renowned as one of the earliest and most influential examples of the genre in the Romantic orchestral repertoire.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | symphonic poem ⓘ |
| alternativeCataloguing | Searle 97 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Weimar court theatre orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Les Préludes (poem)
ⓘ
poem by Alphonse de Lamartine ⓘ |
| belongsTo | 19th-century orchestral music ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | S.97 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Franz Liszt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Hungary (Austrian Empire context of composer) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| duration | approximately 15 minutes ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1856 ⓘ |
| genre | program music ⓘ |
| hasForm | free, rhapsodic form typical of symphonic poem ⓘ |
| hasProgramNote | philosophical reflection on life, love, and fate ⓘ |
| hasReception | widely performed in concert repertoire ⓘ |
| hasSection |
heroic march
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lyrical theme ⓘ slow introduction ⓘ stormy episode ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
lyrical secondary theme
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noble, ascending main theme ⓘ |
| influenced | later symphonic poems by other composers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Beethoven’s orchestral writing
ⓘ
Berlioz’s programmatic techniques ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Alphonse de Lamartine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Les Méditations poétiques NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| key | C major ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| movementCount | one continuous movement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the earliest symphonic poems
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influence on Romantic orchestral repertoire ⓘ |
| numberInSeries | 3 ⓘ |
| orchestration | symphony orchestra ⓘ |
| partOf |
Liszt’s symphonic poems
NERFINISHED
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cycle of 13 symphonic poems by Liszt ⓘ |
| period | Romantic ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Franz Liszt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1854 ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Weimar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Breitkopf & Härtel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy | many major symphony orchestras ⓘ |
| style | late early-Romantic orchestral style ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| uses |
contrasting moods and tempos
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cyclical thematic transformation ⓘ |
| usesInstrumentation | strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, harp ⓘ |
| workNumberInLisztOutput | one of Liszt’s best-known orchestral works ⓘ |
| workType | orchestral composition ⓘ |
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