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For some reason, Liszt returned to his transcription of the Einzug der Gäste auf Wartburg: Marsch aus Richard Wagners Tannhäuser in 1876 and, whereas the published editions had all been very faithful to Wagner’s text, allowed himself a little free improvisation before the principal theme appears, and made numerous further changes, sometimes of harmony and even of structure. These new alterations were written into a copy of the 1874 edition, and this version appeared in print for the first time in the excellent Neue Liszt-Ausgabe.

from notes by Leslie Howard © 2011