An imaginative illustration inspired by Hohe Liebe: a glance towards the light and a melody that keeps its presence within delicate piano ornamentation. i Work Information Composer: Franz Liszt (1811–1886) Title: Liebesträume — Notturno No. 1 in A-flat major, S.541/1, “Hohe Liebe” (“Exalted Love”) Year of composition: Around 1850; the associated song, “Hohe Liebe”, S.307, is dated approximately 1849–1850 First performance: Not established in the sources consulted Genre: Nocturne for piano; a piano treatment of the composer's own song Musical period: Romanticism Structure: Freely developed song material, with an extended, ornamented reworking and a closing section Duration: approx. 5½–7 minutes Instrumentation: Solo piano First publication: Leipzig, Friedrich Kistner, 1850 Poetic source: Ludwig Uhland, “Hohe Liebe” In the first of Franz Liszt’s three Liebesträume S.541 , a melody gradually changes its place within the piano texture. It begins clearly above...