Liszt Festmarsch nach Motiven von E H z S C G, S522 ( Han Chen)

In 1857, Liszt wrote a work on motifs from Duke Ernst of SaxeCoburgGotha s opera Diana von Solange, a work Liszt intended to be dedicated to Wagner, who made it clear, in a letter to Liszt, that he would prefer money. Liszts piano arrangement is felicitously constructed, sounds perfectly echtLiszt, and the 2:06 theme with its development and climax is quite attractive. As previously alluded to, the original opera was not wellreceived: after its second appearance at the Metropolitan Opera in New York