Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses
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Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (Poetic and Religious Harmonies) is a cycle of piano pieces written by Liszt
at Woronińce (Voronivtsi, Polish-Ukrainian country estate of Liszt
’s mistress Princess Carolyne von Sayn-Wittgenstein, née Iwanowska) in 1847. The ten compositions which comprise this cycle are:
Liszt
Liszt is a Hungarian surname. Notable persons with that surname include:* Franz Liszt , Hungarian composer and pianist* Adam Liszt , father of Franz Liszt* Anna Liszt , mother of Franz Liszt...
at Woronińce (Voronivtsi, Polish-Ukrainian country estate of Liszt
Liszt
Liszt is a Hungarian surname. Notable persons with that surname include:* Franz Liszt , Hungarian composer and pianist* Adam Liszt , father of Franz Liszt* Anna Liszt , mother of Franz Liszt...
’s mistress Princess Carolyne von Sayn-Wittgenstein, née Iwanowska) in 1847. The ten compositions which comprise this cycle are:
- Invocation (completed at Woronińce);
- Ave Maria (transcription of choral piece written in 1846);
- Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude (‘The Blessing of God in Solitude,’ completed at Woronińce);
- Pensée des morts (‘In Memory of the Dead,’ reworked version of earlier individual composition, Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (1834));
- Pater Noster (transcription of choral piece written in 1846);
- Hymne de l’enfant à son réveil (‘The Awaking Child’s Hymn,’ transcription of choral piece written in 1846);
- FunéraillesFunéraillesFunérailles is the 7th piece in Harmonies poétiques et religieuses , a collection of piano pieces by Franz Liszt...
(October 1849) (‘Funeral’); - Miserere, d’après Palestrina (after PalestrinaGiovanni Pierluigi da PalestrinaGiovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was an Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music and the best-known 16th-century representative of the Roman School of musical composition...
); - (Andante lagrimoso);
- Cantique d’amour (‘Hymn of Love,’ completed at Woronińce).