The composition of the pieces in Années de pelerinage, Deuxieme année can be linked to Liszt's journey to Italy in 1837-39. Italian art had a great influence on Liszt, and compositions in the volume are inspired by works of Raphael, Michelangelo, Petrarca, and Dante. The complete series was published by Schott in 1858. Later, in 1861, Liszt supplemented this with an appendix that contains the series of three pieces entitled Venezia e Napoli (this volume also gives the first version of these work...