Légende No. 1: St François d'Assise

Two legends are two solo piano pieces, which Franz Liszt composed about 1863 and with which he signed his name cartridges Francis of Assisi and St. Francis of Paola, a musical monument. The former, he devoted La prédication aux oiseaux, the second the piece Marchant sur ​​les flots.

History

In 1861 Franz Liszt ( 1811-1886 ) had moved its center of life in Italy, and lived there - after he had already occurred in 1858 in the Order of Friars Minor ( OFM) - near Rome at the Madonna del Rosario monastery. After his intended marriage failed with the Princess Carolyne zu Sayn -Wittgenstein on the opposition of her family, he decided to remain still in Rome and devoted himself increasingly to composition with religious themes and sacred works. His sacred works are evidence of his efforts to implement a since 1834 dreamed of him under the influence of the Abbé de Lamennais " musique humanitaire ".

In 1865, he underwent the tonsure, received the four minor orders (which are not connected to the celibacy ) and could henceforth call " Abbé ". He himself wrote in a letter: " My penchant for Catholicism stems from my childhood days and has become an enduring and dominant feeling me. " During this period he created his two " Francis " legends.