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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 28 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
Bist du — —— Voice HighClassical 2
Thou art — —— —Classical —
Son coeur, ses yeux — —— —Classical —
Liebestraum — —— —— 0
Liszt: aWenn die letzten Sterne bleicheno Lied for Voice and Piano op. post. — —— —Classical —
Wer nie sein Brot mit Tranen a — —— Piano, Low VoiceClassical —
Uber allen Gipfeln ist Ruh — —— —— —
An Edlitam — —— Piano, Low VoiceClassical 1
Go Not, Happy Day — —— Piano, Low VoiceClassical 1
Aldjon Eg! — —— Piano, Low VoiceClassical 1
Der Hirt — —— Voice HighClassical 1
Mrgens steh ich auf und frage — —— Voice HighClassical 1
Die tote Nachtigall — —— Voice HighClassical 1
Wo weilt er? — —— Voice HighClassical 1
Lullaby — —— Piano— —
Hallelujah Chorus — —— Piano— —
Blue Danube, The — —— Piano— —
Bourree — —— Piano— —
Roses From The South — —— Piano— —
La leggierezza (Piano solo) — —— —— 0
Un sospiro (Piano solo) — —— —— 0
No.7 In Eb Minor — —E-flat minor PianoClassical 1
No. 4 — —— PianoClassical 1
No. 8 — —— PianoClassical 1
No. 13 — —— PianoClassical 1
No. 16 — —— PianoClassical 1
No. 17 — —— PianoClassical 1
No. 18 — —— PianoClassical 1
Preludio I — —— PianoClassical 1
Preludio II — —— PianoClassical 1
#1 — —— PianoClassical 1
Gnomenreigen — —— —— 0
Waldesrauschen — —— —— 0
Sechs Charakterstucke (six character pieces) (Piano solo) — —— PianoClassical —
Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude (Piano solo) — —— —— 0
Funerailles (Piano solo) — —— —— 0
Liszt: Ave Maria — —— —— —
Liszt: Pense des morts — —— PianoClassical —
Liszt: Hymne de l'enfant  son rveil — —— PianoClassical —
Au lac de Wallenstadt (At the Lake of Walenstadt [the Walensee]) — —— —— 0
Au bord d'une source (Beside a Spring) — —— —— 0
Orange (Storm) — —— PianoClassical 1
Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Petrarch's Sonnet 47) — —— —— 0
Apres une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata (After Reading Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata) — —— —— —
Angelus! Priere aux anges gardiens (Angelus! Prayer to the Guardian Angels [dedicated to D. von Bulow] — —— PianoClassical 2
Aux cypres de la Villa d'Este II: Threenodie (To the Cypresses of the Villa d'Este II: Threnody) — —— PianoClassical 1
Les jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este (The Fountains of the Villa d'Este) — —— —— 0
Sunt lacrymae rerum/En mode hongrois ("There Are Tears for Things" / In the Hungarian Mode [dedicated to Hans von Bulow] — —— PianoClassical 2

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.