Faust Symphony

The Faust Symphony was written by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt, based on the work Faust of Johann von Goethe.

Related Topics:
Hungarian - Franz Liszt - Faust - Johann von Goethe

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There are three movements:

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• Faust
• Gretchen
• Mephistopheles

While begun earlier - sketches for a Faust symphony exist from the 1840s - it was mainly written in Weimar in the summer of 1854. The work was then revised in the next few years, with a Chorus Mysticus added to the finale in which words from Faust Part II are sung to music from the middle movement, and other changes made also.

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It was premiered in Weimar on September 5, 1857.

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