Composer
Franz Liszt
Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811-1886)
1811–1886
2,098 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1811
- Died
- 1886
- Birthplace
- Raiding
- Place of death
- Bayreuth
- Citizenship / historical state
- Kingdom of Hungary; Austrian Empire; Austria–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.
Life and musical career
- Occupations
- classical composer; pianist; conductor; music educator; virtuoso; composer; writer; Catholic priest; musician; piano teacher
- Teachers
- Adam Liszt; Carl Czerny; Antonio Salieri; Anton Reicha; Ferdinando Paër
- Career institutions / employers
- Franz Liszt Academy of Music
- Recorded memberships
- Sängerschaft zu St. Pauli Jena; Accademia Tiberina
- Movements
- Romantic music
- Notable works
- Hamlet; Dante Symphony; Mazeppa; Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1; Hungarian Roidy No. 2
- Awards
- Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order; Order of the Golden Spur; Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art; Commander of the Order of Christ; honorary doctor of the University of Königsberg; Knight of the Order of the Iron Crown (Austria)
- Birth name
- Franz Liszt
- Native languages
- German
- VIAF ID
- 64199483
- ISNI
- 000000012280979X
- GND ID
- 118573527
- Library of Congress ID
- n79079048
- MusicBrainz ID
- 2cd475bb-1abd-40c4-9904-6d4b691c752c
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Voice, Organ, harpsichord, Orchestra
- Genres represented
- Classical, Christmas, pop, Jazz, New Age
- Source entries with composition dates
- 384
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue page 44 of 44
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
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.