Ballade No. 1 (Liszt)

Ballade No. 1 in D flat major, S.170, is a solo piano piece by the Hungarian composer Franz Liszt, composed between 1845 and 1848. In the original edition it contained the title "Le Chant Du Croisé" or "The Chant of the Crusader".^[1] A typical performance of the piece lasts about 7 to 8 minutes.

Form and Structure

The piece contains two themes with a short introductory passage. The main theme is reiterated 7 times with different technical obstructions each time. The second theme is placed in the after the fifth iteration. It is a march like theme (marked Tempo di Marcia). It repeats itself only twice before returning into the main theme, though it returns with a modest coda at the close of the piece.

Notes

External links

• Ballade No.1: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

Franz Liszt
Operas	Don Sanche Sardanapale (unfinished)
Symphonic poems	Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne Tasso Les préludes Orpheus Prometheus Mazeppa Festklänge Héroïde funèbre Hungaria Hamlet Hunnenschlacht Die Ideale
Other orchestral works	Faust Symphony Dante Symphony Mephisto Waltzes
Works for piano and orchestra	Hungarian Fantasy Piano Concerto No. 1 Piano Concerto No. 2 Piano Concerto No. 3 Totentanz
Original solo piano works	Transcendental Études Grandes études de Paganini Ab Irato Three Concert Études Two Concert Études Variation on a Waltz by Diabelli Années de pèlerinage Dante Sonata Feuille d'album Ballade No. 1 Ballade No. 2 Consolations Harmonies poétiques et religieuses Deux légendes Sonata in B minor Sarabande and Chaconne Weihnachtsbaum Dem Andenken Petőfis Nuages gris La lugubre gondola Valse-Impromptu Mephisto Waltzes Bagatelle sans tonalité Mephisto Polka Grand galop chromatique Csárdás Hungarian Rhapsodies Glanes de Woronince Rondeau fantastique Rhapsodie espagnole Liebesträume
Opera paraphrases for piano	Réminiscences de Don Juan Fantasy on Themes from Mozart's Figaro and Don Giovanni
Family	Adam Liszt (father) Cosima Wagner (daughter)
Related articles	Life Musical works Later works Treatments of the works of other composers Franz Liszt Academy of Music International Franz Liszt Piano Competition Lisztomania
Book:Franz Liszt List of compositions by Franz Liszt