Faust Symphony
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Faust Symphony is a large-scale programmatic symphony by Franz Liszt inspired by Goethe’s "Faust," portraying the characters Faust, Gretchen, and Mephistopheles in three contrasting movements.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
programmatic symphony
ⓘ
symphony ⓘ |
| approximateDuration | 75 minutes ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | S.108 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Franz Liszt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionEndDate | 1857 ⓘ |
| compositionStartDate | 1854 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Hector Berlioz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features |
chorus
ⓘ
tenor solo ⓘ |
| firstCompletePerformanceCountry | Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstCompletePerformancePlace | Weimar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Romantic music
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program music ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Faust
NERFINISHED
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| key | C minor ⓘ |
| languageOfSource | German ⓘ |
| literaryBasis |
Goethe’s Faust Part I
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Goethe’s Faust Part II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Faust
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gretchen NERFINISHED ⓘ Mephistopheles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movementOrder |
1. Faust
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2. Gretchen ⓘ 3. Mephistopheles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableKeyArea | C major GENERATED ⓘ |
| numberOfMovements | 3 ⓘ |
| orchestration | large Romantic orchestra ⓘ |
| originalVersion | without choral ending ⓘ |
| period | Romantic era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeInComposerOutput | major orchestral work of Liszt ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Franz Liszt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1857-06-05 ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Weimar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Breitkopf & Härtel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByComposer | Dante Symphony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revisedIn | 1857 ⓘ |
| revisedVersion | with tenor solo and male chorus finale ⓘ |
| structureCharacteristic | three character pictures ⓘ |
| style | cyclical form ⓘ |
| subject |
Faust (character)
NERFINISHED
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Gretchen (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mephistopheles (character) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| textSourceForFinale | Chorus mysticus from Goethe’s Faust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| uses | thematic transformation ⓘ |
| workTitleInGerman | Eine Faust-Symphonie in drei Charakterbildern NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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