Faust Symphony, A

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Faust Symphony, A (Eine Faust-Symphonie). Sym. by Liszt in 3 character studies (in drei Charakterbildern) based on Goethe's poem, with ad lib male-v. choral ending. Comp. 1854–7, f.p. 1857, rev. 1880. 3 movts. entitled Faust, Gretchen, and Mephistopheles.

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