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Urtext Edition of Liszt's Harmonies po��tiques et religieuses. Edited by Ernst-G��nter Heinemann with fingerings by Klaus Schilde. The substantialcycle, published in 1853, unites splendid concert pieces (B��n��diction a nd Fun��railles) and simple, short compositions, which partly make use ofGregorian modes. The volume was composed over a long period of time. As early as 1835 No. 4 was published in a compositionally revolutionary fi rst version entitled Harmonies po��tiques et religieuses after the volumeof poetry with the same title by Lamartine. In 1853 Liszt distanced him self from the important early piece, presenting it in a slightly smoother form as Pens��es des morts, although it still had considerable impact.