He wrote it in 1896 for the occasion of his own Jubilee Concert on May 6, which celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his début at the Salle Pleyel in 1846.
He wrote it in 1896 for the occasion of his own Jubilee Concert on May 6. The occasion of his own Jubilee Concert on May 6 celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of his début at the Salle Pleyel in 1846.