page_title: Consolations (Liszt)
section_title: Consolation No. 5
hierarchical_section_title: Consolations (Liszt) / Consolations, S.172 / Consolation No. 5
caption_attribution_description: Sheet Music, 1850 Breitkopf, Consolations S.172/5, Opening Bars
context_page_description: The Consolations are a set of six solo piano works by Franz Liszt. The compositions take the musical style of Nocturnes with each having its own distinctive style. Each Consolation is composed in either the key of E major or D♭ major. E major is a key regularly used by Liszt for religious themes.
  There exist two versions of the Consolations. The first was composed by Liszt between 1844 and 1849 and published in 1992 by G. Henle Verlag. The second was composed between 1849 and 1850 and published in 1850 by Breitkopf & Härtel, containing the familiar Consolation No. 3, Lento placido, in D♭ major.
context_section_description: Consolation No. 5 is in E-Major. It is initially marked Andantino. The Consolation has a cantilena vocal style. . This Consolation has the oldest genealogy having been reworked from the earlier fifth version of the Consolations, entitled the Madrigal . Compared to the earlier Madrigal, this Consolation: 
  is shorter, having 56 measures compared to the Madrigal's 69;
  shares several sections with similar melodies;
  employs simpler harmonies;
  and is rhythmically less rigid.
caption: Consolation No. 5, First few bars.
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