Années de pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage) is a set of three suites for solo piano by Liszt. It is widely considered a masterwork and summation of Liszt's musical style. The title refers to Goethe's famous novel of self-realization, 'Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship'. Liszt clearly places the work in line with the Romantic literature of his time, prefacing most pieces with a literary passage from writers such as Schiller, Byron or Senancour. The third suite, "Troisième année" (or "Third Year"), was written between 1867 and 1883, and published that year. It is a fine example of Liszt mature style, displaying less technical virtuosity and focusing on harmonic and formal exploration.
