Liszt, Franz 1811 - 1886
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A Hungarian-German pianist and composer. Although he did not understand Hungarian as his native language and found its culture alien, he was strongly aware of his heritage. He was active throughout Europe, particularly in German-speaking regions, as well as Paris and Rome.
He debuted as a child prodigy in Vienna, and then in Paris. Though he gained fame as a performer at a young age, Liszt eventually withdrew from the glamorous social scene and moved to Switzerland, dedicating himself to exploring his musicality. This period bore fruit in works such as Album d'un voyageur and Années de pèlerinage. Furthermore, the creation of works like Après une lecture de DanteSonetti del Petrarca and others after his return to the public stage in Italy in 1839 was a continuation of these efforts.
Over the next eight years, Liszt, as a virtuoso, ignited enthusiasm across the entirety of Europe. However, he decided to cease his life of constant concert tours and dedicate himself to composition. In 1848, he became the permanent Kapellmeister of the Weimar court orchestra and settled there. Here, Liszt repeatedly experimented with his orchestral works, particularly tone poems and program symphonies, completing large-scale compositions. His keyboard works from this period include the Études d'exécution transcendante, and Piano Sonata in B minor. However, when the Grand Duke of Weimar was succeeded in 1853, Liszt departed for Rome in 1861.
Eventually, in 1869, he resumed his piano teaching activities in Weimar, later also taking on piano lessons in Budapest, leading to a life of commuting between these three cities, including Rome. In his later years, he warmly encouraged many musicians who visited him and sent forth many excellent pupils into the world. Throughout his life, he believed in the future of music and always strived to be at the 'avant-garde' of musical history.
That Liszt was the most technically proficient pianist in music history can be confirmed by the numerous difficult pieces he composed 'for himself' and by contemporary concert reviews. Furthermore, his repertoire was extremely broad, encompassing everything from Bach's contrapuntal works, which were not yet widely known at the time, to the compositions of Schumann, who was considered to belong to an opposing musical faction. Moreover, Liszt revolutionized the format of public concerts, which traditionally featured various genres, ensembles, and multiple performers. He initiated the solo recital, where he performed alone, thereby creating concerts that demanded greater concentration.
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Works(316)
Concerto (2)
concerto (3)
Konzert für klavier und orchester nr.1 S.124/R.455 H4
Key: Es-Dur Composed in: 1835 Playing time: 19 min 00 sec
Konzert für klavier und orchester nr.2 S.125/R.456 H6
Key: A-Dur Composed in: 1839 Playing time: 20 min 00 sec
Various works (10)
Grande fantaisie symphonique sur des thèmes de Berlioz "Lelio" S.120/R.453 H2
Composed in: 1834 Playing time: 24 min 30 sec
Fantasie über motive aus Beethovens "Ruinen von Athen" S.122/R.454 H9
Composed in: 1849 Playing time: 10 min 40 sec
Fantasie über ungarische volksmelodien S.123/R.458 H12
Composed in: 1849 Playing time: 15 min 30 sec
Totentanz (paraphrase über "Dies Irae") S.126/R.457 H8
Composed in: 1847 Playing time: 16 min 30 sec
Piano Solo (6)
sonata (1)
pieces (24)
Années de pèlerinage première année "Suisse" S.160/R.10 A159
Composed in: 1848 Playing time: 51 min 00 sec
Années de pèlerinage deuxieme année "Italie" S.161/R.10 A55
Composed in: 1838 Playing time: 46 min 30 sec
Années de pèlerinage "Venezia e Napoli" S.162/R.10 A197
Composed in: 1859 Playing time: 16 min 30 sec
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses S.173/R.14 A158
Composed in: 1848 Playing time: 1 hr 22 min 30 sec
etude (11)
Étude en 48 exercices dans tous les tons majeurs et mineurs S.136 R.1
Composed in: 1826 Playing time: 24 min 30 sec
Études d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini S.140 R.3a
Composed in: 1838 Playing time: 27 min 00 sec
Reduction/Arrangement (96)
Sarabande und chaconne aus dem singspiel "Almira" von Händel S.181 R.25
Composed in: 1879 Playing time: 14 min 20 sec
Grande fantaisie sur la tyrolienne de l'opéra "La fiancée" (Auber) S.385 R.116
Composed in: 1829 Playing time: 15 min 40 sec
Tarantelle de bravura d'après la tarantella de "La muette de Portici" (Auber) S.386 R.117
Composed in: 1847 Playing time: 10 min 10 sec
Capriccio alla turca ("Die Ruinen von Athen" Beethoven) S.388 R.125
Composed in: 1846 Playing time: 9 min 00 sec
"I puritani", introduction et polonaise (Bellini) S.391 R.130
Composed in: 1840 Playing time: 6 min 00 sec
Fantaisie sur des motifs favoris de l'opéra "La sonnambula" (Bellini) S.393 R.132
Composed in: 1839 Playing time: 15 min 00 sec
Réminiscences de "Norma" (d'après Bellini) S.394 R.133
Composed in: 1841 Playing time: 18 min 00 sec
Bénédiction et serment, deux motifs de "Benvenuto Cellini" (Berloz) S.396 R.141
Composed in: 1852 Playing time: 7 min 30 sec
Reminiscences de "Lucia di Lammermoor" (Donizetti) S.397 R.151
Composed in: 1835 Playing time: 6 min 00 sec
Marche et cavatine de "Lucie de Lammermoor" (Donizetti) S.398 R.152
Composed in: 1835 Playing time: 10 min 30 sec
Réminiscences de "Lucrezia Borgia" (Donizetti) S.400 R.154
Composed in: 1848 Playing time: 23 min 40 sec
Marche funèbre de "Dom Sébastien" (Donizetti) S.402 R.156
Composed in: 1844 Playing time: 9 min 40 sec
Grande paraphrase de la marche (pour Sa Majesté le sultan Abdul Medjid-Khan) (Donizetti) S.403 R.157
Composed in: 1847 Playing time: 8 min 00 sec
Halloh! Jagdchor und steyrer (Ernst Herzog zu Sachsen-Co-burg-Gotha) S.404 R.159
Composed in: 1847 Playing time: 7 min 50 sec
Schwanengesang, marsch (Hunyadi László) (Erkels) S.405 R.160
Composed in: 1847 Playing time: 9 min 30 sec
Les adieux, rêverie ("Roméo et Juliette" Gounod) S.409 R.169
Composed in: 1867 Playing time: 9 min 30 sec
Grande fantaisie sur des thèmes de l'opéra "Les Huguenots" (Meyerbeer) S.412 R.221
Composed in: 1836 Playing time: 19 min 30 sec
Réminiscences de "Robert le diable: valse infernale" (Meyerbeer) S.413 R.222
Composed in: 1841 Playing time: 12 min 00 sec
Fantaisie sur l'opéra hongrois "Szép Ilonka" (Mosonyi) S.417 R.227
Composed in: 1865 Playing time: 6 min 00 sec
Divertissement sur la cavatine "I tuoi frequenti palpiti" S.419 R.230
Composed in: 1835 Playing time: 14 min 10 sec
La serenata e L'orgia, grande fantaisie sur des motifs des "Soirées musicales" (Rossini) S.422 R.234
Composed in: 1835 Playing time: 12 min 10 sec
Composed in: 1835 Playing time: 12 min 20 sec
3 mélodies ("Divertissement à I'hongroise" Schubert) S.425 R.250
Composed in: 1838 Playing time: 38 min 10 sec
Soirées de Vienne ("Valses caprices" de Schubert) S.427 R.252
Composed in: 1852 Playing time: 1 hr 12 min 50 sec
Polonaise aus "Eugene Oneguine" (Tchaikovsky) S.429 R.262
Composed in: 1880 Playing time: 5 min 50 sec
Valse de concert ("2ème suite en forme de valse" Végh) S.430 R.263
Composed in: 1882 Playing time: 7 min 50 sec
Salve Maria de Jerusalem ("I Lombardi" Verdi) S.431 R.264
Composed in: 1848 Playing time: 7 min 00 sec
Miserere du "Trovatore" (Verdi) paraphrase de Concert S.433 R.266
Composed in: 1859 Playing time: 8 min 00 sec
Coro di festa e marcia funebre de "Don Carlos" (Veldi) S.435 R.268
Composed in: 1867 Playing time: 8 min 10 sec
Réminiscences de "Simone Boccanegra" (Verdi) S.438 R.271
Composed in: 1882 Playing time: 10 min 50 sec
Phantasiestück ("Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen" Wagner) S.439 R.272
Composed in: 1859 Playing time: 9 min 00 sec
Chor der spinnerinnen "Der fliegende Holländer" (Wagner) S.440 R.273
Composed in: 1860 Playing time: 5 min 40 sec
Ballade aus dem "Fliegende Holländer" (Wagner) S.441 R.274
Composed in: 1872 Playing time: 6 min 40 sec
Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg (Wagner) S.442 R.275
Composed in: 1849 Playing time: 16 min 30 sec
Chor der jungeren pilger "Tannhäuser" (Wagner) S.443 R.276
Composed in: 1861 Playing time: 5 min 20 sec
O du mein holder Abendstern ("Tannhäuser" Wagner) S.444 R.277
Composed in: 1848 Playing time: 7 min 00 sec
2 stücke "Lohengrin" und "Tannhäuser" (Wagner) S.445 R.278
Composed in: 1852 Playing time: 22 min 50 sec
Am stillen herd ("Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" Wagner) S.448 R.281
Composed in: 1871 Playing time: 8 min 00 sec
Feierlicher marsch zum heiligen gral (Wagner) S.450 R.283
Composed in: 1882 Playing time: 9 min 40 sec
Gleichsam als marsch der heiligen drei Könige /Ave Verum (Allegri-Mozart) S.461a R.114
Playing time: 6 min 45 sec
transcription (17)
Various works (138)
San Francesco, "Preludio per Il cantico del Sol di San Francesco" S.665 R.392
Playing time: 5 min 00 sec
Variationen über einen walzer von A. Diabelli S.147 R.26
Composed in: 1822 Playing time: 1 min 00 sec
7 variations brillantes sur un thème de G. Rossini S.149 R.28
Composed in: 1824 Playing time: 9 min 40 sec
Impromptu brillant sur des thèmes de Rossini et Spontini S.150 R.29
Composed in: 1824 Playing time: 11 min 30 sec
Feuilles d'album (Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth) S.167 R.64/2
Key: a-moll Composed in: 1842 Playing time: 6 min 40 sec
Élégie sur des motifs de Prince Louis Ferdinand de Prusse S.168 R.75
Key: As-Dur Composed in: 1842 Playing time: 7 min 30 sec
Ave Maria (Ave Maria für die grosse klavierschule von Lebert und Stark) S.182 R.67
Composed in: 1862 Playing time: 5 min 30 sec
In festo transfigurationis Domini nostri Jesu Christi S.188 R.74
Composed in: 1880 Playing time: 2 min 40 sec
Petite valse favorite "Souvenir de Saint-Pétersbourg" S.212 R.35
Composed in: 1842 Playing time: 3 min 20 sec
Festmarsch zur saekularfeier von Goethes geburtstag S.227 R.48a
Composed in: 1849 Playing time: 5 min 30 sec
Rondeau fantastique sur un thème espagnol "El contrabandista" S.252 R.88
Composed in: 1836 Playing time: 11 min 10 sec
Rhapsodie espagnole (folies d'Espagne et jota aragonesa) S.254 R.90
Composed in: 1863 Playing time: 13 min 30 sec
Mazurka pour piano composée par un amateur de St Pétersbourg S.384 R.115
Composed in: 1842 Playing time: 3 min 00 sec
Composed in: 1837 Playing time: 22 min 00 sec
Valse à capriccio, sur motifs deux Lucia et Parisina S.401 R.155
Composed in: 1842 Playing time: 9 min 50 sec
Soirées italiennes (6 amusements sur des motifs de Mercadante) S.411 R.220
Composed in: 1838 Playing time: 29 min 12 sec
Grande fantaisie de bravoure sur "La campanella" de Paganini S.420 R.231
Composed in: 1831 Playing time: 15 min 00 sec
Der tanz in der dorfschenke (Erster mephisto-walzer) S.514 R.181
Composed in: 1859 Playing time: 11 min 30 sec
Piano Ensemble (3)
Reduction/Arrangement (2)
transcription (2)
Various works (5)
Chamber Music (1)
transcription (1)
Symphonie en quatre parties avec un alto principal ("Harold en Italie" Berlioz) S.472 R.138
Playing time: 44 min 20 sec
Lied (1)
etc (1)
Various works (5)