The fourth movement of Prokofiev's The Fiery Angel alludes to this subject as a brief comic relief.
The "30 years" movement of Charles Alkan's Grande Sonata is named after this subject. The fourth movement of Prokofiev's The Fiery Angel alludes to this subject as a brief comic relief. Although it's not part of Songs and Dances of Death, Modest Mussorgsky wrote a song that was inspired by this subject for soprano voice, although it is now mostly sung by bass. The opening theme of another work inspired by this subject contains the (*) first published example of twelve tone row in Western music. The composer of that work later added a "Chorus Mysticus" section to its finale, which also shares its name with the finale of Mahler's Symphony of a Thousand. For 10 points, name this German legend in which a scholar makes a deal with the devil in exchange for unlimited knowledge.
The "30 years" movement of Charles Alkan's Grande Sonata is named after this subject.
Damnation of Faust [or Doctor Faustus; or redemption of Faust; accept anything that indicates that it’s the Faust mythos; antiprompt on Gretchen or Mephistopeles]