The painting depicts the battle of the Catalaunian Fields in 451 AD, where the Hun armies led by Attila fought a savage battle against a Roman coalition led by Roman General Flavius AĆ«tius and the Visigothic king Theodoric. According to legend, the battle was so ferocious that the souls of the dead warriors continued their fighting in the sky as they rose to Heaven.

Original Name Hunnenschlacht
Date of composition 1857
Type Symphonic Poem
Catalogue S. 105
Approx. duration 15 minutes
Instruments Orchestra
Arrangements Franz Liszt: Hunnenschlacht (Symphonic Poem No.11), S. 596b
Franz Liszt: Hunnenschlacht (Symphonic Poem No.11), S. 645
Autotranslations beta Franz Liszt: The Battle of the Huns, S. 105
Franz Liszt: The Battle of the Huns, S. 105
Franz Liszt: The Battle of the Huns, S. 105