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
Scherzo in G Minor [S. 153]	—	S. 153	G minor	Piano	Classical	7
Four Piano Pieces [G. 192]	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	6
Consolation No. 4 In D Flat Major	—	—	D-Flat major	Piano	Classical	5
Consolation No. 4	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
O filii et filiae - As-Dur/Ab major	—	—	—	Choir	Classical	7
Es muss ein Wunderbares sein - F-Dur/F major	—	—	—	—	Classical	6
Consolation No. 6	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Liszt: Paganini Etudes	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	6
Liszt: Six Consolations	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	6
Trois études de concert, S. 144: III. "Un sospiro" in D-flat major	—	S. 144	D-flat major	Piano, harpsichord	Classical	8
Sonetto 104 del Petrarca, S. 161 no. 5	—	S. 161 no. 5	—	Piano	Classical	9
Consolation in D-flat major, S. 172 no. 3: Lento placido	—	S. 172 no. 3	D-flat major	Piano	Classical	9
Les Jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este, S. 163 no. 4	—	S. 163 no. 4	—	Piano	Classical	7
Après une lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata, S. 161 no. 7	—	S. 161 no. 7	—	Piano	Classical	9
Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173: No. 3. Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude	—	S. 173	—	Piano	Classical	8
Hungarian Rhapsody no. 7 in D minor, S. 244 no. 7	—	S. 244 no. 7	D minor	Piano	Classical	5
Recueillement (Bellini in Memoriam)	1877IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	6
Réminiscences de Lucia de Lammermoor (Donizetti)	1835–36IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
Der Glückliche (Bodenstedt)	1878IMSLP	—	—	Voice, Voice High	Classical	5
Enfant, si j'etais roi (Hugo)	1844 (1st version)1849 (2nd version)IMSLP	—	—	Voice	Classical	6
Ich liebe dich (Rückert)	1857IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Voice, Voice High	Classical	9
Nimm einen Strahl der Sonne	1843–49IMSLP	—	—	Voice	Classical	6
Sei still (Henriette von Schorn)	?1877–79IMSLP	—	—	Voice	Classical	6
Three Petrarch Sonnets	1842IMSLP	—	—	Voice	Classical	5
Deux Transcriptions (Cujus animam, La charité) (Rossini)	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
Valse mélancolique [first version of S214/2]	1839IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	6
Valse-Impromptu	1842–52IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	6
Wedding March and Dance of the Fairies from the music to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream By Mendelssohn	1849–50IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
Weihnachtsbaum	1873–74 (S.185a)1874–76 (S.186)IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
Wiegenlied (Chant du berceau)	1881IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	6
Abschied. Russisches Volkslied, S. 251	1885IMSLP	S. 251	—	Piano	Classical	5
Les Adieux. Rêverie sur un motif de l'opéra Romeo et Juliette (Gounod)	1867IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
Album Leaf in Waltz Form	1842IMSLP	—	—	Piano, Organ	Classical	9
An die ferne Geliebte - Liederkreis (Beethoven)	1816 (April)IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	6
Concerto pathétique	1865 (S.258/1), rev.1877 (S.258/2)IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	6
Elégie sur des motifs du Prince Louis Ferdinand de Prusse	1842IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
Transcendental Etudes after Paganini	1838-40IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
Transcendental Etudes	1851IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
Trois Etudes de Concert	1845–49IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
Fantasie über Themen aus Figaro und Don Giovanni (Mozart)	1842IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
A Faust Symphony, in three character pictures	1854; revised 1857–61, 1880IMSLP	—	—	Hands	Classical	5
Impromptu brillant sur des thèmes de Rossini et Spontini	1824IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	7
In festo transfigurationis Domini nostri Jesu Christi	1880IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	6
Ora pro nobis. Litanei	1864IMSLP	—	—	Organ	Classical	6
Ouverture aus der Oper Der Freischütz	1817–21IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
In love's delight	—	—	—	Piano, Organ, Voice	Classical	5
Op.1, No.9 In Ab Major	—	Op.1, No.9	A-flat major	Piano	Classical	6
Sonata, B minor (Piano solo)	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	4

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.