Harmonies poétiques et religieuses

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:

1. Invocation (completed at Woronińce);
2. Ave Maria (transcription of choral piece written in 1846);
3. Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude (‘The Blessing of God in Solitude,’ completed at Woronińce);
4. Pensée des morts (‘In Memory of the Dead,’ reworked version of earlier individual composition, Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (1834));
5. Pater Noster (transcription of choral piece written in 1846);
6. Hymne de l’enfant à son réveil (‘The Awaking Child’s Hymn,’ transcription of choral piece written in 1846);
7. Funérailles (October 1849) (‘Funeral’);
8. Miserere, d’après Palestrina (after Palestrina);
9. (Andante lagrimoso);
10. Cantique d’amour (‘Hymn of Love,’ completed at Woronińce).

External links

• Walker, Alan (1993). Franz Liszt: The Weimar Years, 1848-1861. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. pp. 49–50, 71–73. ISBN 0-8014-9721-3. 
• Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses: Free scores at the International Music Score Library Project.