Editing List of program music (section)

=== [[Franz Liszt]] ===

Liszt is considered the inventor of the symphonic poem and his programmatic orchestral works set the framework for several composers of the romantic era. He composed a total of thirteen symphonic poems as well as two programmatic symphonies, drawing his inspiration from a variety of literary, mythological, historical and artistic sources.

* ''[[Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne]]'' (What is heard on the mountain), after a poem by [[Victor Hugo]]
* ''[[Tasso, Lamento e Trionfo (Liszt)|Tasso, Lamento e Trionfo]]'', based on stories by [[George Gordon, Lord Byron|Byron]]  and [[Goethe]] on the life of the poet [[Torquato Tasso]]
* ''[[Les Préludes (Liszt)|Les Préludes]]'', based on [[Lamartine]]
* ''[[Orpheus (Liszt)|Orpheus]]''
* ''[[Prometheus (Liszt)|Prometheus]]''
* ''[[Mazeppa (Liszt Symphonic Poem)|Mazeppa]]'', based on Hugo and Byron
* ''[[Festklänge (Liszt)|Festklänge]]'' (''Festival Sounds'')
* ''[[Héroïde funèbre (Liszt)|Héroïde funèbre]]''
* ''[[From the Cradle to the Grave (Liszt)|From the Cradle to the Grave]]''
* ''[[Hungaria (Liszt)|Hungaria]]''
* ''[[Hamlet (Liszt)|Hamlet]]'', based on the play by [[Shakespeare]]
* ''[[Hunnenschlacht (Liszt)|Hunnenschlacht]]'' (Battle of the Huns), based on a monumental [[fresco]] by painter [[Wilhelm von Kaulbach]] depicting the battle between Emperor [[Theoderic]] and [[Attila the Hun]] in 451
* ''[[Die Ideale (Liszt)|Die Ideale]]'' based on a work by [[Friedrich von Schiller]]
* ''[[Faust Symphony]]'', after the epic work by Goethe
* ''[[Dante Symphony]]'', after [[Dante]]'s [[Divine Comedy]]