Franz Liszt's Romance Oubliée, first appeared when a publisher requested permission to publish an early Romance, itself a transcription of Liszt’s little-known song Ô pourquoi donc. Liszt was not happy with the proposal and denied the permission, instead sending a complete refashioning of the material, which is now cataloged as S. 527, It was first published in 1880, both in a solo piano version and in three different duo setings (viola and piano, violin and piano, and cello and piano).
