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.
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.