A Faust Symphony in three character pictures, was written by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt and was inspired by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's drama, "Faust", a tragic play in how many parts?
Goethe's Faust Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust is a tragic play in two parts usually known in English as "Faust, Part One" and "Faust, Part Two". Although rarely staged in its entirety, it is the play with the largest audience numbers on German-language stages. "Faust" is considered by many to be Goethe's "magnum opus" and the greatest work of German literature.
Franz Asplmayr Franz Asplmayr (1 April 1728 – 29 July 1786) was an Austrian composer and violinist. There are many variants of his name, including Franz Aspelmayr, Franz Aschpellmayr and Franz Appelmeyer. He is best known for an opera on Greek myths, and for a few symphonies and string trios of his which were attributed to Joseph Haydn at one time. Among the few scholars who have studied his music, there are many differing opinions as to the quality. J. Murray Barbour, for one, deems Asplmayr's 80 minuets "scored mostly for oboes, horns, and strings, without violas," that "all are extremely boring, as if written between beers." Temperly, on the other hand, finds advances "with respect to harmony and developmental techniques."