page_title: Consolations (Liszt)
section_title: Consolation No. 6
hierarchical_section_title: Consolations (Liszt) / Consolations, S.172 / Consolation No. 6
caption_attribution_description: Sheet Music, 1850 Breitkopf, Consolations S.172/6, 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: The sixth and final Consolation is in E Major. It is initially marked Allegretto sempre cantabile and is the longest of the Consolations with a total of 100 measures. It is the most technically demanding of the Consolations. The piece has been described by Carl Lachmund, one of Liszt's students, as more characteristic of Liszt's style than the more renowned D♭ major third Consolation. Lachmund provides insight into the style in which Liszt played the Consolation, stating:
  "He [Liszt] played each note of the melody as if it were a significant poetic word, which effect was heightened in that he used the thumb for each one of these notes, and dropping his hand in a languid manner as he did this. He would dwell slightly here or there on a note as if entranced and then resume the motion without leaving a feeling that the time had been disturbed. I do not recall the particular measures in which he did this; but even then I felt that he might do it in a different place each time he played the piece."
caption: Consolation No. 6, First few bars.
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