Liszt composed many sacred choral works, including two complete oratorios, Die Legende von der Heiligen Elisabeth (“The Legend of St. Elisabeth”) and Christus. In 1869 he commissioned a libretto for a third, Die Legende vom heiligen Stanislaus (“The Legend of St. Stanislaus”), from the Polish writer Lucjan Siemienski; the composer Peter Cornelius translated it into German, and a succession of poets made further revisions at Liszt’s behest. It tells the story of an 11th-century Polish bishop who became a martyr at the hands of the king. Liszt worked sporadically on the oratorio from 1874 until his death in 1886, but he never finished it. One section, “Salve Polonia,” was composed independently as early as 1863. Liszt published it in 1884, describing it as an orchestral interlude from Die Legende vom heiligen Stanislaus. Our manuscript is Liszt’s draft of a portion of “Salve Polonia.” It is scored for two pianos. One might assume that this is merely a stage on the way to full orchestra­tion, but Liszt included some piano fingerings.