Composer

Carl Tausig

Polish pianist (1841–1871)

1841–1871

30 works and musical collections

Born: 1841
Died: 1871
Birthplace: Warsaw
Place of death: Leipzig
Citizenship / historical state: Congress Poland
Period (estimated from birth year): Romantic

Biography

Karl Tausig (sometimes "Carl"; born Karol Tausig; 4 November 1841 – 17 July 1871) was a Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger, and composer. He is widely regarded as Franz Liszt's greatest pupil and one of the greatest pianists of all time. Today, he is mostly remembered for transcriptions for piano, in particular of works by J.S. Bach, as well as his piano exercises.

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Life and musical career

Occupations: composer; pianist; music educator
Teachers: Franz Liszt
Instruments played: piano
Genres: classical music
Birth name: Karol Tausig
Native languages: Polish
Languages used: Polish; English
VIAF ID: 7575608
ISNI: 0000000108675078
GND ID: 119317826
Library of Congress ID: no88000304
MusicBrainz ID: 522580de-99ec-420d-80c4-ab85ec76e687

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: Piano
Genres represented: Classical
Source entries with composition dates: 8

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Sheet music catalogue

Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.

Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title	Work details	Listed instruments	Sheet music
Transcription of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in d minor	Year composed 1708 ? Key in title D minor	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Transcription of Schubert's 'Andantino and Variations, Op.84 No.1'	Catalogue / opus Op.84 No.1	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Transcription of Schubert's Polonaise Op. 75 No. 3	Catalogue / opus Op. 75 No. 3 Year composed 1818	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
5 Transcriptions of Sonatas by D. Scarlatti	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Transcription of Chopin's Piano Concerto No.1	Year composed 1830	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Transcription of Schubert's Military March	Year composed 1818?	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Transcription of Wagner's Kaiser-Marsch	Year composed 1871	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Transcription of Weber's 'Aufforderung zum Tanz'	Year composed 1819	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
2 Transcriptions from Wagner's 'Die Walküre'	Year composed 1856–70	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Das Geisterschiff	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Transcription of Prelude from Wagner's 'Die Meistersinger'	Year composed 1862-67	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Transcription of R. Schumann's Song 'The Smuggler'	See work details	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
Valse-Caprice No.2	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Valse-Caprice No.3	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Valse-Caprice No.5	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Impromptu Op. 1	Catalogue / opus Op. 1	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
3 Paraphrasen über Richard Wagner's 'Tristan und Isolde'	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Reverie, Op.5	Catalogue / opus Op.5	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sechs Sätze aus Streichquartetten von Beethoven	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Ungarische Zigeunerweisen	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Valse-Caprice No.4	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Etude, 'Le Ruisseau'	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Fantasia on Moniuszko's 'Halka'	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Introduction and Tarantella	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Konzertetüden, Op. 1	Catalogue / opus Op. 1	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Nocturne Varie 'L'Espérance', Op.3	Catalogue / opus Op.3	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Valse-Caprice No.1	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
1. Nachfalter	See work details	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
2. Man lebt nur einmal	See work details	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details
3. Wahlstimmen	See work details	Piano	View sheet music Work & edition details

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 7575608. Portrait: The Project Gutenberg EBook of Richard Wagner, by John F. Runciman [1], Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.