At least one of the two works inspired by Nikolaus Lenau's poem on the familiar Faust legend may have been originally composed for piano and later orchestrated . The first, "Der nachliche Zug" is a march-like work not often performed while the second, entitled "Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke" is better known as the "Mephisto Waltz No. 1." This popular work was first heard for orchestra on March 3, 1861 with the composer conducting the Weimar Hofkapelle. The score reproduced here was originally issued by Breitkopf & Hartel of Leipzig in 1913 as part of the tenth volume of "Franz Liszt:...

Liszt's second Mephisto Waltz was originally composed for piano solo sometime between 1878 and 1881. It was orchestrated shortly thereafter and performed in this setting on May 9, 1881 in Budapest, with the orchestra conducted by S. Erkel. The score reproduced here was originally issued by Breitkopf & Hartel of Leipzig in 1913 as part of the tenth volume of "Franz Liszt: Musikalische Werke," edited principally by Berthold Kellermann. As with all PLP scores a percentage of each sale is donated to the amazing online archive of free music scores and recordings, IMSLP - Petrucci Music Library."

The last work in the revolutionary series of thirteen tone poems Liszt composed for orchestra, "Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe" (From the Cradle to the Grave) was composed in 1881-82 - late in the composer's life. The three movement work, dedicated to Count Geza Zichy, was only given its premiere posthumously in 1927. This new study score is a digitally-restored reissue of the score edited by Berthold Kellermann in the tenth volume of the Liszt-Stiftung edition, published in 1913. As with all PLP scores a percentage of each sale is donated to the amazing online archive of free music scores and...

Although he made sketches for a large symphonic work on the subject of Goethe's novel Faust, which he had been introduced to by Berlioz (via Gerard de Nerval's French translation), it's was during Liszt's period of residency in Weimar that the sketeches took root to grow into Eine Faust-Symphonie in drei Charakterbildern. The 1852 premiere of Berlioz's work on the same subject might have provided some inspiration, along with visits to Weimar by Gerard de Nerval and the English novelist George Eliot. Once he started in earnest, Liszt composed the piece quickly from August through October of...

Liszt composed three "Odes funebres" betwwen 1860 and 1866, shortly in the wake of his first 12 tone poems. The third of the odes was the first to be published, as an 'epilogue' to the related tone poem "Tasso: Lamento e Trionfo, S.96." The first two odes had to wait until 1915 to appear in their original orchestral setting. This new score is a digitally enhanced reissue of the scores issued by Breitkopf und Hartel between 1908 (No.3) and 1915 as part of the critical edition prepared by Otto Taubmann and Berthold Kellermann for the Liszt Gesammtausgabe. Unlike so many of the on-demand scores...