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?
Faust Symphony A Faust Symphony in three character pictures (German: "Eine Faust-Symphonie in drei Charakterbildern" ), S.108, or simply the "Faust Symphony", was written by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt and was inspired by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's drama, "Faust". The symphony was premiered in Weimar on September 5, 1857, for the inauguration of the Goethe–Schiller Monument there.
Historia von D. Johann Fausten (opera) Historia von D. Johann Fausten is an opera by the Russian composer Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998) in three acts, with introduction and epilogue to the German libretto by Jörg Morgener (Jürgen Köchel) and Alfred Schnittke after the anonymous prose book of the same name (published by Johannes Spies in 1587).