An die Künstler, S.70 (Liszt, Franz)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1
Composition Year 1853 (S.70/1), 1853-54 (S.70/2), 1856-57/59 (S.70/3)
Genre Categories Secular choruses; Choruses; For 4 voices, male chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring male chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; German language
Related Works Künstlerfestzug zur Schillerfeier 1859, S.114

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Version 1

 Complete Score
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Arranger Joachim Raff (1822–1882) (instrumentation)
Editor Ryoichi Kazumi
Publisher. Info. Ryoichi Kazumi, 2026.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes Based on manuscript full score (written by Raff, 1853)
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 Complete Score (ca.300dpi color)
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Editor First edition
Publisher. Info. Berlin: in Commission bei A.M. Schlesinger, n.d.(1854).
Copyright
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The full score also incorporates a piano reduction. Engraving based on a copyist's manuscript (by Joachim Raff?). "Weimar 1854" on cover.
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 Complete Score (black and white)
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 Complete Score (ca.300dpi color)
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Engraver Leipzig: Anstalt für Musikaliendruck.
Publisher. Info. Weimar: T.F.A. Kühn, n.d.[1858]. Plate 55.
Copyright
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General Information

Work Title An die Künstler
Alternative. Title
Composer Liszt, Franz
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. S.70; L9
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. IFL 14
Key B major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1853 (S.70/1), 1853-54 (S.70/2), 1856-57/59 (S.70/3)
First Performance. 3 October 1853 - Karlsruhe (S.70/1)
First Publication. 1854 - Berlin: Schlesinger (S.70/2)
Librettist Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805)
Language German
Dedication Richard Wagner (1813–1883) (S.70/2, in manuscript)
Average DurationAvg. Duration 13 minutes (S.70/3)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation 2 tenors, 2 basses, male chorus (TTBB), wind band (or orchestra)
InstrDetail
see below

S.70/1: Voices: 2 tenors, 2 basses + male chorus (TTBB); wind band: 2 piccolo clarinets (E♭), 2 clarinets (A), 2 bassoons + 2 horns (E), 2 cornets (B♭), cornet (low E♭), 3 trombones, 2 tenorhorns, tuba + timpani (instrumentation by Joachim Raff)
S.70/2: Voices: 2 tenors, 2 basses + male chorus (TTBB); Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (A), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (E), 4 trumpets (E), 3 trombones, tuba + timpani, cymbals + harp + strings

S.70/3: Voices: 2 tenors, 2 basses + male chorus (TTBB); Organ, Orchestra (orchestral force is similar to S.70/2; organ is not included in published edition and added in 1859)
Related Works Künstlerfestzug zur Schillerfeier 1859, S.114
Manuscript Sources GSA 60/B 17a - Liszt's sketch for 1st version
GSA 60/B 17c - manuscript full score for 1st version (written by Raff)
GSA 60/B 17b - autograph full score for 2nd version
GSA 60/B 17d - published score of 3rd version, with organ part written by Liszt's hand
Extra Information Version history is derived from A Complete Thematic Catalogue, Vol.1, Book 1 (2024). It gives 1859 version (orchestra with organ) the individual number S.70/4.
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