Ballade No.2, S.171 (Liszt, Franz)

		Movements/Sections 1 piece Composition Year 1853 (both versions) Genre Categories Ballades; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player

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• Scores (11)

Scores

 Manuscript Score
*#69219 - 43.46MB, 22 pp. -  7.2/10 2 4 6 8 10 (5) - V/V/V - 2019x⇩

PDF scanned by Juilliard School
Funper (2010/6/27)

Publisher Info.:

Composer's holograph, n.d.(1853).

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Contains the original ending (S.170a) on pages 15-17.

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 Complete Score
*#13410 - 33.60MB, 21 pp. -  6.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (3) - V/V/V - 2431x⇩

PDF scanned by Juilliard (color)
Funper (2007/9/7)

 Complete Score
*#13453 - 1.36MB, 21 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 3492x⇩

PDF scanned by Juilliard (mono)
Hobbypianist (2007/9/7)

Editor:

First edition

Publisher Info.:

Leipzig: Fr. Kistner, n.d.(1854). Plate 2021.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

From the Ruth Dana Collection of Liszt Editions.

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 Complete Score (scan) (Preview)
*#89656 - 3.50MB, 22 (#48-69) pp. -  7.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/13 - 1649x⇩

PDF scanned by piupianissimo
piupianissimo (2011/1/8)

 Complete Score (filter) (Preview)
*#89657 - 2.64MB, 22 (#48-69) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/13 - 2593x⇩

PDF scanned by piupianissimo
piupianissimo (2011/1/8)

Editor:

Emil von Sauer (1862–1942)

Publisher Info.:

Franz Liszt - Klavierwerke, Band 5: Original Kompositionen für Klavier zu zwei Händen.
Leipzig: Edition Peters, Ed.3601a, n.d.(1913-17). Plate 9880.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

scan: score scanned at 600dpi
filter: score filtered with 2-point algorithm explained in High Quality Scanning
I provide the original scanned version and the filtered, because the filter does some changes (smoothening, sharpening borders) and some portions of the scan get lost sometimes (when they are too small e.g.) - so you can choose your favorite. You may ask me for a manually cleaned version.

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 Complete Score (Preview)
*#56090 - 2.34MB, 22 (#11–32) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V*/V* - 962x⇩

PDF scanned by BSB (MDZ)
piupianissimo (2010/2/15)

 Complete Score (Preview)
*#00402 - 1.15MB, 24 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 556x⇩

PDF scanned by Unknown
Feldmahler (2006/2/24)

 Complete Score (Preview)
*#04937 - 1.68MB, 24 pp. -  6.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V - 1994x⇩

PDF scanned by Unknown
Funper (2007/4/4)

Editor:

José Vianna da Motta (1868–1948)

Publisher Info.:

Franz Liszt: Musikalische Werke. Serie II, Band 8.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1924. Plate F.L. 57

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Originally scanned at about 160pi, converted to 600dpi monocrome.
Files #00402 and #04937 have the original ending from the 1st version (S.170a) appended.

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 Complete Score
*#05899 - 0.45MB, 19 pp. -  6.5/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - !N/!N/!N - 756x⇩

PDF typeset by Vassily Checkin
Funper (2007/5/11)

Editor:

Vassily Checkin

Publisher Info.:

Mutopia Project, 2003

Copyright:

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 [tag/del]

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 Complete Score (scan) (EU) (Preview)
*#106021 - 2.26MB, 15 (#125-139) pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - C*/N/V* - 542x⇩

PDF scanned by piupianissimo
piupianissimo (2011/6/19)

 Complete Score (filter) (EU) (Preview)
*#106022 - 1.63MB, 15 (#125-139) pp. -  10.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - C*/N/V* - 953x⇩

PDF scanned by piupianissimo
piupianissimo (2011/6/19)

Editor:

Imre Mező (1932–)
Imre Sulyok (1912–2008)

Publisher Info.:

Neue Liszt-Ausgabe. Serie 1, Band 9
Budapest: Editio Musica / Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1981. Plate Z.8011.

Copyright:

Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

scan: score scanned at 600dpi
filter: score filtered with 2-point algorithm explained in High Quality Scanning
I provide the original scanned version and the filtered, because the filter does some changes (smoothening, sharpening borders) and some portions of the scan get lost sometimes (when they are too small e.g.) - so you can choose your favorite. You may ask me for a manually cleaned version.

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General Information

Work Title	Ballade No.2
Alternative Title

Composer	Liszt, Franz
Opus/Catalogue Number	S.170a (1st version) S.171 ; LW.A181 (2nd version)
Key	B minor
Movements/Sections	1 piece
Year/Date of Composition	1853 (both versions)
First Publication	1854 (2nd version)
Dedication	Count Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Emich, Prince of Leiningen (1804–1856)
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Piano (solo)

Misc. Comments

Version History

• Composed for solo piano, 1853 (= 1st version, S.170a)

Fragment published 1924 by Breitkopf & Härtel (Leipzig)

• Revised 1853, with new conclusion (= 2nd version, S.171)

Published 1854 by Kistner (Leipzig)