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
Années de Pèlerinage: Premiére Année: Suisse	1848–55IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Années de Pèlerinage: Deuxieme Année: Italie	1846–49IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Apparitions	1834IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
Aus Lohengrin (Wagner)	1854IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Bagatelle sans tonalite	1885IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Ballade No.1 in D flat major	1845IMSLP	—	D-flat major	Piano	Classical	5
Buch der Lieder I	1843IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Canzone Napolitana	1842 (both versions)IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	6
3 Valses-Caprices	1850–52IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Ernani - Paraphrase de concert	1859?IMSLP	—	—	—	Classical	4
Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Fantasy and Fugue on the chorale 'Ad nos, ad salutarem undam'	1850IMSLP	—	—	—	Classical	5
Fantasy on themes from Wagner's Rienzi	1859IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Festmarsch zu Schillers 100-Jähriger Geburtsfeier, S549	1859IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Galop (in A minor)	1846IMSLP	—	A minor	Piano	Classical	5
Heroischer Marsch in ungarischem Stil	1840IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Illustrations du Prophète (Meyerbeer)	1849–50IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Impromptu (Nocturne)	1872IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Zwei Konzertetüden	1862IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Sechs Lieder von Goethe (Beethoven)	1809IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Mazeppa [intermediate version of S137/4]	1840IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	7
Mephisto Polka	1882–83IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
Missa Choralis	1859–65IMSLP	—	—	—	Classical	4
O salutaris hostia	1869IMSLP	—	—	—	Classical	4
Organ Fantasy and Fugue in G minor (Bach)	1720–25?IMSLP	—	G minor	Piano	Classical	4
Overture to Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser	1847–49?IMSLP	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
12. Die Loreley (G.)	—	—	—	Piano, Voice, Voice High	Classical	10
Son ?me	—	—	—	—	Classical	4
La	—	—	—	Piano, Low Voice	Classical	4
Tre sonetti di Petrarca	—	—	—	Piano, Low Voice	Classical	5
Oh! quand de dors	—	—	—	Voice High	Classical	5
Reve D'amour	—	—	—	Piano, Accordion	Jazz, New Age, Classical, pop	4
Op.1, No.6 In G Minor	—	Op.1, No.6	G minor	Piano	Classical	5
Op.1, No.7 In Eb Major	—	Op.1, No.7	E-flat major	Piano	Classical	5
Op.1, No.8 In C Minor	—	Op.1, No.8	C minor	Piano	Classical	5
Op.1, No.12 In Bb Minor	—	Op.1, No.12	B-flat minor	Piano	Classical	5
Wilde Jagd (C Minor)	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
Liszt: Il Penseroso	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Liszt: Seliger Tod	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Liszt: O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst!	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Liszt: Miserere d'aprEs Palestrina	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Liszt: Invocation	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Pastorale	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	7
Vallee d'Obermann (Obermann's Valley)	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	6
Liszt: Transcendental Studies	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Les jeux d'eaux a la Villa d'Este (Piano solo)	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	5
Liszt: Aux CyprEs de la Villa d'Este 1	—	—	—	Piano	Classical	4
Liszt: Marche funEbre	—	—	—	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.