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

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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
Hungarian Folk Song No. 3	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	6
Evening Harmonies	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	8
Evening Bells	—	—	—	Piano, Organ	Classical	7
Santo spirito cavaliere	1840IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	8
Einzug der Gaeste auf Wartburg	1852 (No.1 rev.1874, 1876)IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	8
Feierlicher Marsch	1882IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	7
Variations on Bach's "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen"/"Crucifixus"	1862IMSLP	—	—	Organ	Classical	8
Ora pro nobis	1864IMSLP	—	—	Organ	Classical	7
Adagio	—	—	—	Organ	Classical	6
Wedding Music	1849–50IMSLP	—	—	Organ	Classical	8
Midsummer Night's Dream Overture	1842-43IMSLP	—	—	Timpani, percussion	Classical	7
Etude V. Feux follets , in Bb major	1851IMSLP	—	B-flat major	Piano	Classical	8
Etude IX. Ricordanza , in Ab major	1851IMSLP	—	A-flat major	Piano	Classical	8
Album Leaf in Waltz Form [S. 166]	1842IMSLP	S. 166	—	Piano	Classical	7
Cradle Song [S. 198]	—	S. 198	—	Piano	Classical	8
Nocturne No. 2	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	9
Adeste Fideles-March of the Three Holy Kings, G. 186, No. 4	1873–74 (S.185a)1874–76 (S.186)IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	8
Adagio in E Major	1799-1800IMSLP	—	E major	Piano	Classical	7
Mazurka [S. 384]	—	S. 384	—	Piano	Classical	8
Second Hungarian Rhapsodie	—	—	—	violin	Classical	8
Cloches du Soir	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	7
Concolation	—	—	—	Piano, Organ	Classical	6
Liszt: Organ Works, Volume II	—	—	—	Organ	Classical	7
Konzert-Paraphrase über Verdis "Rigoletto", S. 434	1855–59?IMSLP	S. 434	—	Piano	Classical	6
Orpheus, S. 672a	—	S. 672a	—	Piano, Harp, Organ, Cello, Flute, Oboe, violin, Bassoon, Double Bass, Horn, Clarinet, Trombone, Trumpet, percussi	Classical	11
Transcriptions for piano of the Preludes and Fugues for organ by J.S. Bach BWV 543-548.	1842-50IMSLP	BWV 543	—	Piano	Classical	5
Réminiscences des Huguenots, S.412	1836IMSLP	S.412	—	Piano	Classical	6
Rondo di Bravura	1824–25IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	6
Scherzo in G minor	27 May 1827IMSLP	—	G minor	Piano	Classical	8
Die Lorelei (Heine)	1841 (1st version)1854–56 (2nd version)IMSLP	—	—	Voice	Classical	8
Die Vätergruft	1844IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Voice, Low Voice	Classical	8
Einst (Bodenstedt)	1878IMSLP	—	—	Voice	Classical	7
Es rauschen die Winde	1845 (1st version)?1849 (2nd version)IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Voice, Low Voice	Classical	8
Freudvoll und leidvoll (Goethe)	1844 (1st version)1849 (2nd version)IMSLP	—	—	Voice, Voice High	Classical	11
Lasst mich ruhen (Hoffmann von Fallersleben)	1858IMSLP	—	—	Voice	Classical	8
Wieder möcht ich dir begegnen (Cornelius)	1860IMSLP	—	—	Voice, Voice High	Classical	9
Symphonic Poem No.3	1845-50/53-55IMSLP	—	—	—	Classical	6
Symphonic Poem No.9 (4-hand Piano Arrangment)	1854IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Hands	Classical	6
Symphonic Poem No.12 (4-hand Piano Arrangement)	1856–57IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Hands	Classical	5
Symphony No.9 in D minor	1822-1824IMSLP	—	D minor	Piano, Hands	Classical	5
Tyrolean Melody (Auber)	1829IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Organ	Classical	7
Venezia e Napoli [first version of S162]	1838–40IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
Wandererfantasie (Schubert) (2-piano Arrangement)	1822 (November)IMSLP	—	—	—	Classical	6
Weihnachtsbaum (4-hand Piano Arrangement) [from S186]	1873–74 (S.185a)1874–76 (S.186)IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Hands	Classical	5
Ballade No.2 in B minor	1853 (both versions)IMSLP	—	B minor	Piano	Classical	7
Bunte Reihe (Ferdinand David)	1840 ca.?IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	6
Grande Fantasie di bravura sur La Clochette de Paganini	1832–34IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	6
Douze Grandes	1837–39?IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	6

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.