LENORE, SYMPHONIC POEM (BURGER'S BALLADE) is a work for orchestra by French composer Henri Duparc (1848-1933). He probably began work on the piece in 1869, which he based on the 1774 gothic ballad of the same name by Gottfried August Burger. The poem tells of a deceased knight named Wilhelm, returned from war, who takes his fiance Lenore on a ghostly ride toward death. Edouard Colonne conducted the premiere at the Societe Nationale on May 15, 1875. Following the second performance, the composer decided to revise it. He wrote later that he had cut two passages which, in his view, "gave the audience an upset stomach," and in the end, distanced himself from the work. Instrumentation: 2+Picc.2.2.4(4th opt): 4.2.3.1: Timp.Perc(3): Str (9.8.7.6.5 in set).