Années de Pélerinage

Années de Pélerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) are three suites by Franz Liszt for solo piano. In each collection, Liszt includes each of his musical styles ranging from technical vituosity to sincere musicality. His musical maturity can be seen evolving through his experience and travel.

The suites

Premiére Année: Suisse

The title translates to "first year: Switzerland". It was published in 1855. Nos. 1–4, 6, 8 and 9 are revisions, composed 1848–1854, of pieces in the cycle Album d'un voyager, composed 1835–1836 and published in 1842.

1. Chapelle De Guillaume Tell (William Tell's Chapel)
2. Au Lac De Wallenstadt (At the Lake of Walenstadt)
3. Pastorale
4. Au Bord D'une Source (Beside a Spring)
5. Orage (Storm)
6. Vallée D'oberman (Obermann's Valley)
7. Eglogue (Eclogue)
8. Le Mal Du Pays (Homesickness)
9. Les Cloches De Geneve: Nocturne (The Bells of Geneva: Nocturne)

Deuxiéme Année: Italie

Title translates as "second year: Italy" Published 1856; composed 1837–1849; nos. 4–6 are revisions of Tre sonetti del Petrarca (Three sonnets of Petrarch) composed ca. 1839–1846 and published 1846.

1. Sposalizio (Marriage (of the Virgin: a painting by Raphael))
2. Il Pensieroso (The Thinker (a statue by Michelangelo))
3. Canzonetta Del Salvator Rosa (Canzonetta of Salvator Rosa)
4. Sonetto 47 Del Petrarca (Petrarch's Sonnet 47)
5. Sonetto 104 Del Petrarca (Petrarch's Sonnet 104)
6. Sonetto 123 Del Petrarca (Petrarch's Sonnet 123)
7. Apres Une Lecture Du Dante: Fantasia Quasi Sonata (After Reading Dante: Fantasia Quasi Sonata)

• Venezia e Napoli (Venice and Naples (supplement to the Second Year)) Published 1861; composed 1859, partially as a revision of an earlier set with the same name Composed ca. 1840)

1. Gondoliera' (Gondolier's Song (based on the song "La biondina in gondoletta" Giovanni Battista Peruchini))
2. Canzone (Canzone (based on the gondolier's song "Nessun maggior dolore" in Rossini's Otello))
3. Tarantella (Tarantella (using themes by Guillaume-Louis Cottrau, 1797–1847))

Troisiéme Année

Title means "third year". Published 1883; nos 1–4 and 7 composed in1877; no 5, 1872; no 6, 1867

1. 'Angélus! Priere Aux Anges Gardiens (Angelus! Prayer to the Guardian angel (dedicated to D. von Bulow))
2. Aux Cypres De La Villa d'Este I: Thrénodie (to the Cypresses of the Villa d'Este I: Threnody)
3. Aux Cypres De La Villa d'Este II: Thrénodie (to the Cypresses of the Villa d'Este II: Threnody)
4. 'Les Jeux D'eau A La Villa d'Este (The Fountains of the Villa d'Este)
5. Sunt Lacrymae Rerum/En Mode Hongrois (There are Tears for Things/In the Hungarian Mode (dedicated to Hans von Bulow))
6. Marche Funebre (Funeral March (in memory of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico))
7. Sursum Corda' (Lift Up Your Hearts)

External Links

• Piano Society.com — Liszt — Années de Pélerinage — Some free recordings in MP3 format.

References

Annees De Pelerinage, Complete. Franz Liszt, J. Milstein. (ed.) Dover Publications. (November 1, 1987) ISBN 0486256278