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Franz Liszt
Orpheus a Tone Poem
Arranged for Piano Trio by Camille Saint Saens
Camille Saint-Saëns arranged many works by composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Chopin, Schumann, Wagner, and Beethoven. These arrangements were sought after by the leading publishers of the day, including Henri Duparc for Édition classique, A. Durand & Fils, Breitkopf & Härtel and several others. Saint-Saëns's arrangement was made in 1910.
Orpheus was a symphonic poem composed by Franz Liszt during 1853–54. He numbered it No. 4 in the cycle of 12 he wrote during his time in Weimar, Germany. It was first performed on 16 February 1854, conducted by the composer, as an introduction to the first Weimar performance of Christoph Willibald Gluck's opera Orfeo ed Euridice. The performance helped celebrate the birthday of Weimar's Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, who was an amateur musician and a staunch supporter of Liszt at Weimar. However, Liszt dedicated the work to Princess Caroline zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
Liszt, of course, needs no introduction. One of the greatest pianists of all time, an important and famous composer in his own right and one of the most influential musical personalities of the 19th century, countless books and articles have been written about him.
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