Le Chasseur Maudit, Cff 128
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Description
Composed in 1882, Franck's brilliant ton poem is after a ballad by the German poet Gottfried Bürger about a count who defiantly goes hunting on Sunday in violation of the sabbath. Though reminded of the day via church bells and chants and warned by church elders, the Count blows his hunting horn. In the forest he is cursed by a loud voice: "Cursed hunter, be thou eternally pursued by Hell!" The wild ride commences when the count attempts to flee but is sourrounded by flames, and pursued by demon
