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Composer

Franz Liszt

1811–1886

2,144 works in the index

Born
1811
Died
1886
Birthplace
Raiding
Citizenship / historical state
Kingdom of Hungary
Period (estimated from birth year)
Romantic

Biography

Liszt wrote more piano music than anyone else worth playing, invented the modern recital, and left a catalogue so large and so revised that identifying which version of a piece you are buying is a real problem.

Most of it is very hard. The exceptions are worth knowing: the Consolations, several of the Années de pèlerinage pieces, and the Liebesträume are within reach of a good amateur. The Hungarian Rhapsodies, the Transcendental Études and the B minor Sonata are not, and no edition marked "simplified" will make them so without removing the point.

He revised constantly and published several versions of the same work — the Transcendental Études exist in three, of increasing difficulty, and editions do not always say which. His transcriptions of other composers are a separate world again: the Schubert song transcriptions are among the finest things he wrote and are frequently catalogued under Schubert.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Piano, Voice, Organ, harpsichord, Orchestra
Genres represented
Classical, Christmas, pop, Jazz, New Age
Works with composition dates
384 of 2,144

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 14 of 45

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Pater noster (Piano solo) — —— PianoClassical 3
Andante lagrimoso (Piano solo) — —— PianoClassical 4
Liszt: Bndiction de Dieu dans la solitude — —— PianoClassical 3
Liszt: Pater noster — —— PianoClassical 3
Liszt: Cantique d'amour — —— PianoClassical 3
Eglogue (Eclogue) — —— PianoClassical 5
Les cloches de Geneve: Nocturne) — —— PianoClassical 7
Il pensieroso (The Thinker [a statue by Michelangelo]) — —— PianoClassical 4
Canzone (Song [based on the gondolier's song "Nessun maggior dolore: in Rossini's Otello]) — —— PianoClassical 3
Tarantella [using themes by Guillaume-Louis Cottrau, 1797-1847] — —— PianoClassical 5
Marche funebre (Piano solo) — —— PianoClassical 3
Liszt: 'Sursum corda' — —— PianoClassical 3
Liszt: Angelus! PriEre aux anges gardiens — —— PianoClassical 3
Liszt: Forest Murmurs — —— PianoClassical 3
Etude en 12 Exercices - No. 2, A Minor — —— PianoClassical 4
Etude en 12 Exercices - No. 3, F Major — —— PianoClassical 4
Etude en 12 Exercices - No. 9, Ab Major — —— PianoClassical 4
12 Grand Etudes, Part II - No. 7, Eb Major — —— PianoClassical 4
12 Grand Etudes, Part II - No. 10, F Minor — —— PianoClassical 4
Grandes etudes de Paganini - 1. Preludio/G Minor — —— PianoClassical 4
Grandes etudes de Paganini - 5. E Major (La Chasse) (La Chasse) — —— PianoClassical 4
Transcendental Etudes, Part I - 1. Preludio — —— PianoClassical 4
Transcendental Etudes, Part I - 4. Mazeppa — —— PianoClassical 4
Transcendental Etudes, Part II - 7. Eroica — —— PianoClassical 4
Transcendental Etudes, Part II - 9. Ricordanza — —— PianoClassical 4
Album d'un Voyageur, Book II: Fleurs Melodiques des Alpes - 9. Andantino con molto sentimento — —— PianoClassical 4
Annees de Pelerinage Premiere Annee: Suisse - 3. Pastorale — —— PianoClassical 4
Annees de Pelerinage Premiere Annee: Suisse - 5. Orage — —— PianoClassical 4
Annees de Pelerinage Premiere Annee: Suisse - 7. eglogue — —— PianoClassical 4
Annees de Pelerinage Deuxieme Annee: Italie - 1. Sposalizio — —— PianoClassical 4
Annees de Pelerinage Deuxieme Annee: Italie - 4. Sonetto 47 del Petrarca — —— PianoClassical 4
Annees de Pelerinage Deuxieme Annee: Italie - 6. Sonetto 123 del Petrarca — —— PianoClassical 4
Annees de Pelerinage Troisieme Annee - 5. Sunt Lacrymae Rerum — —— PianoClassical 4
Annees de Pelerinage Troisieme Annee - 6. Marche Funebre — —— PianoClassical 4
Harmonies Poetiques et Religieuses - 6. Hymne de l'Enfant a Son Reveil — —— PianoClassical 4
Harmonies Poetiques et Religieuses - 8. Miserere, d'apres Palestrina — —— PianoClassical 4
Rhapsodie Espagnol (Folies d'Espagne et Jota Aragonesa) — —— PianoClassical 4
Rondo di Bravura, Op. 4, No. 2 — Op. 4, No. 2— PianoClassical 4
Prelude on Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Sagen (after Bach, J. S.) — —— PianoClassical 4
Piano Piece in F# Major — —F-sharp major PianoClassical 4
Sleepless! - Question and Answer (Nocturne) — —— PianoClassical 4
Weihenachtsbaum (Christmas Tree) - 6. Carillon — —— PianoClassical 4
Abschied, from Schwanengesang — —— PianoClassical 4
Aufenthalt, from Schwanengesang — —— PianoClassical 4
Der Doppelganger, from Schwanengesang — —— PianoClassical 4
Hymne — —— PianoClassical 3
In der Ferne, from Schwanengesang — —— PianoClassical 4
Libesbotschaft, from Schwanengesang — —— PianoClassical 4

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. The biography above is our own. Authority record: VIAF 64199483. Portrait: Franz Hanfstaengl, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.