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Consolations, S. 171a

LW A111a · R. – · 1844–1848

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Total duration: 22'

1. E major
2. E major
3. C-sharp minor
4. D-flat major
5. E major
6. G major

This collection exists in an earlier version (S. 171a; LW A111a) and a later version (S. 172; LW A111b; R. 12). In the second version, the third piece is replaced entirely, and the other five pieces are revisions from the first version. Liszt made arrangements for organ of nos. 3–6 from the second version (S. 672d; LW E22).

Recommended editions

New Liszt Edition (Editio Musica Budapest) · Suppl. 10 · Z. A/B 14505 · ed. Adrienne Kaczmarczyk/Ágnes Sas [including earlier version of no. 5 (Madrigal) and album leaf for no. 6]
Editio Musica Budapest · Z. 12697 · ed. Imre Mező/Imre Sulyok/Adrienne Kaczmarczyk/Ágnes Sas [including earlier version of no. 5 (Madrigal) and album leaf for no. 6]
Henle · HN 465 · ed. Ernst-Günter Heinemann/Mária Eckhardt

1. E major

Duration: 2'

Difficulty: 2.5

Consolations, S. 171a; 1. E major

2. E major

Duration: 3' 30"

Difficulty: 3

Consolations, S. 171a; 2. E major

3. C-sharp minor

Liszt used the same theme in Rêves et fantaisies from the Magyar Rapszódiák (S. 242/23; LW T5), which he revised as the first of the Rapsodies hongroises (S. 244; LW A132; R. 106).

Duration: 6'

Difficulty: 3.5

Consolations, S. 171a; 3. C-sharp minor

Consolations, S. 171a; 3. C-sharp minor

4. D-flat major

This piece is based on a theme by Maria Pavlovna, the Grand Duchess of Weimar.

Duration: 3'

Difficulty: 3

Consolations, S. 171a; 4. D-flat major

5. E major

This piece also exists in a slightly earlier version, called Madrigal, that has only minor differences.

Duration: 3' 30"

Difficulty: 3

Consolations, S. 171a; 5. E major

6. G major

Duration: 4'

Difficulty: 3

Consolations, S. 171a; 6. G major

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