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 2 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
Work	Year composed	Catalogue / opus	Key in title	Listed instruments	Genre	Editions
6 Chants polonais, S. 480: 3. Das Ringlein	—	S. 480	—	Piano	Classical	17
S'il est un charmant gazon (Hugo)	1844 (1st version)1849–59 (2nd version)IMSLP	—	—	Voice	Classical	12
Symphonic Poem No.8 (4-hand Piano Arrangement)	1854–56IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Hands	Classical	10
Symphonic Poem No.10 (4-hand Piano Arrangment)	1858IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Hands	Classical	10
Totentanz. Paraphrase on the Dies Irae. (2-piano Arrangement)	1847IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	10
Consolation	—	—	—	Piano, harpsichord, Flute, violin	Classical	12
Ricordanza (Ab Major)	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	12
Etude in A-Flat Major [Op. 1, No. 9; S. 136]	—	Op. 1, No. 9; S. 136	A-Flat major	Piano	Classical	11
The Shepherds at the Manger [S. 186/3]	—	S. 186/3	—	Piano	Classical	10
Consolation No. 2 in E major	1844IMSLP	—	E major	Piano	Classical	11
Liszt: Harmonies Poétiques and Réligieuses	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	10
Liszt: Soirees de Vienne	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	10
Liszt: Late Piano Works	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	10
Liszt: Harmonies Po	—	—	—	—	Classical	10
Sonata for Piano in B minor, S. 178	1852-53IMSLP	S. 178	B minor	Piano	Classical	9
Au bord d'une source, S. 160 no. 4	—	S. 160 no. 4	—	Piano	Classical	8
Der du von dem Himmel bist (Goethe)	1842IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Voice, Low Voice	Classical	10
Du bist wie eine Blume (Heine)	1843 (1st version)1849 (2nd version)IMSLP	—	—	Voice, Voice High	Classical	15
Kling leise, mein Lied	1848 (1st version)1849–60 (2nd version)IMSLP	—	—	Voice, Voice High	Classical	12
8 Variations (on an original theme)	1824IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	7
Capriccio alla turca sur des motifs de Beethoven (Ruines d'Athènes)	1846IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	9
Eroica (Eb Major)	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	10
Chapelle de Guillaume Tell (William Tell's Chapel)	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	10
Gondoliera (Gondolier's Song [based on the song "La biondina in gondoletta" by Giovanni Battista Peruchini])	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	9
Soirees Musicales No. 9, La Danza, Tarantella Napolitana (Rossini)	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	9
Consolation No.5	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	12
March (Tchaikovsky)	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	8
Etude XI (Harmonie du soir)	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	9
Venezie e Napoli : Gondoliera	1859IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	10
Elsas Traum	1854IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	10
Etude in D Minor [Op. 1, No. 4; S. 136]	1851IMSLP	Op. 1, No. 4; S. 136	D minor	Piano	Classical	10
The Shepherds at the Manger [S. 186:3]	—	S. 186:3	—	Piano	Classical	9
Consolation No. 1 [G. 172, No. 1]	—	—	—	Piano, Organ	Classical	10
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (Volume I, Nos. 1	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	9
Hungarian Rhapsody no. 11 in A minor, S. 244 no. 11	1847IMSLP	S. 244 no. 11	A minor	Piano	Classical	7
Réminiscences de Norma (Bellini)	1841IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	9
Angiolin dal biondo crin (Marchese C. Bocella)	1839 (1st version)?1849 (2nd version)IMSLP	—	—	Voice	Classical	13
Es war ein König in Thule (Goethe)	1842 (1st version)1856 (2nd version)IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Voice, Low Voice	Classical	8
O quand je dors (Hugo)	1842 (1st version)1849 (2nd version)IMSLP	—	—	Voice, Low Voice	Classical	8
Wie singt die Lerche schön (Hoffmann von Fallersleben)	1855IMSLP	—	—	Voice, Voice High	Classical	8
Symphonic Poem No.11 (4-hand Piano Arrangment)	1855–57IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Hands	Classical	8
Waltz (in A major)	1823–25?IMSLP	—	A major	Piano	Classical	10
Consolations	1844IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	9
Paysage (F Major)	1851IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	9
Sposalizio (Piano solo)	—	—	—	Piano, Harp, Timpani, percussion	Classical	11
La Campanella	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	6
Sonetto 123 del Petrarca (Petrarch's Sonnet 123)	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	10
Variations on a Theme of Bach, J. S. (from the Cantata, Weinen, klagen, sorgen, zagen)	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	9

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.