The fifth of Liszt’s revolutionary series of thirteen symphonic poems, Prometheus started life in 1850 as a dramatic cantata for chorus and orchestra set to Johann Gottfried Herder’s Der entfesselte Prometheus Liszt subsequently extended and re-orchestrated the overture into the symphonic poem and conducted its premiere in Braunschweig on 18 October 1855.

This new study score is a digitally-restored reissue of the score edited by Otto Taubmann in the third volume of the Liszt-Stiftung edition, published in 1909. In contrast so many of the on-demand scores now available, this one comes with all the pages and the images have been thoroughly checked to make sure it is readable, is beautifully printed on off-white stock with a quality cover. Serenissima Music now offers the matching full score and orchestral parts to this classic edition.