Liszt: Weihnachtsbaum (Christmas Tree) No.3 Die Hirten an der Krippe (The Shepherds at the Manger)
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SKU: A0.553203
Composed by Franz Liszt. Arranged by Ray Thompson. Christmas,Romantic Period,Sacred,Spiritual. 10 pages. RayThompsonMusic #11323. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.553203).Weihnachtsbaum (English: Christmas Tree; French: Arbre de Noel) is a suite of 12 pieces written by Franz Liszt in 1873–76, with revisions in 1881.
The suite exists in versions for solo piano and piano four-hands.
Weihnachtsbaum does not demand great virtuosity, and it has been described as a distant relation of Schumann’s Kinderszenen and Debussy’s Children’s Corner. It occupies an unusual place in Liszt’s output, and it may be for these reasons that it has received relatively little attention from performers.
Liszt dedicated Weihnachtsbaum to his first grandchild Daniela von Bülow (1860-1940; daughter of Cosima and Hans von Bülow). Daniela had accompanied her grandfather to Rome due to his frail condition.
The first performance was on Christmas Day 1881 in Daniela’s Rome hotel room. This was the day on which her mother Cosima always celebrated her birthday, although she was actually born on Christmas Eve.
Arranged for wind quintet:something different for a Christmas performance
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