page_title: Consolations (Liszt)
section_title: Consolation No. 4
hierarchical_section_title: Consolations (Liszt) / Consolations, S.172 / Consolation No. 4
caption_attribution_description: Sheet Music, 1850 Breitkopf, Consolations S.172/4, 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. 4 is in D♭ major and is initially marked Quasi adagio. Composed in 1849,  it is also known as the Stern-Consolation ("Star Consolation") because of the six-pointed white star that appears on the printed score. The Consolation was inspired by a Lied written by Maria Pavlovna, the Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.  The mood of the composition has been described as "churchly-religious" and "prayerlike".
  Liszt later re-used the Consolation's theme in the Andante sostenuto / quasi adagio section of his Piano Sonata in B Minor.
caption: Consolation No. 4, First few bars.
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