Harmonies poétiques et religieuses [SEP] instrumentation
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses ("Poetic and Religious Harmonies"), S.173, is a cycle of piano pieces written by Franz Liszt at Woronińce (Voronivtsi, Polish-Ukrainian country estate of Liszt’s mistress Princess Carolyne von Sayn-Wittgenstein, née Iwanowska) in 1847. The ten compositions which make up this cycle are:
1. "Invocation" (completed at Woronińce);
2. "Ave Maria" (transcription of choral piece written in 1846);
3. "
277 Elvira
Elvira (minor planet designation: 277 Elvira) is a typical main belt asteroid and is a member of the Koronis asteroid family. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 3 May 1888 in Nice. (277) Elvira is possibly named for a character in Alphonse de Lamartine’s "Méditations poétiques" (1820) and "Harmonies poétiques et religieuses" (1830).
A group of astronomers, including Lucy D’Escoffier Crespo da Silva and Richard P. Binzel, used observations made between 1998 through 2000 to determine