Franz Liszt (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a Hungarian composer, vi… Read Full Bio ↴Franz Liszt (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, and teacher.
He was born in Doborján, Sopron County, Hungary. His father, Ádám Liszt, clerk to Duke Esterházy, recognized his son's exceptional musical talent early on and seized every opportunity to develop it. At the age of nine, Liszt was already playing the piano in public in Sopron and Bratislava, and soon, with the support of art patrons, he was able to continue his studies in Vienna as a student of Czerny and Salieri. He presented himself in Vienna on December 1, 1822
In 1920/1921, a strip of Hungarian territory was transferred to Austria and Doborján was renamed to Raiding, in the district of Oberpullendorf. Around that period, the strip of transferred land became known as Burgenland.
Liszt became renowned throughout Europe for his great skill as a performer during the 1800s. He is said to have been the most technically advanced and perhaps greatest pianist of all time. He was also an important and influential composer, a notable piano teacher, a conductor who contributed significantly to the modern development of the art, and a benefactor to other composers and performers, notably Richard Wagner and Hector Berlioz.
As a composer, Liszt was one of the most prominent representatives of the "Neudeutsche Schule" ("New German School"). He left behind a huge and diverse body of work, in which he influenced his forward-looking contemporaries and anticipated some twentieth-century ideas and trends. Some of his most notable contributions were the invention of the symphonic poem, developing the concept of thematic transformation as part of his experiments in musical form and making radical departures in harmony.
He was born in Doborján, Sopron County, Hungary. His father, Ádám Liszt, clerk to Duke Esterházy, recognized his son's exceptional musical talent early on and seized every opportunity to develop it. At the age of nine, Liszt was already playing the piano in public in Sopron and Bratislava, and soon, with the support of art patrons, he was able to continue his studies in Vienna as a student of Czerny and Salieri. He presented himself in Vienna on December 1, 1822
In 1920/1921, a strip of Hungarian territory was transferred to Austria and Doborján was renamed to Raiding, in the district of Oberpullendorf. Around that period, the strip of transferred land became known as Burgenland.
Liszt became renowned throughout Europe for his great skill as a performer during the 1800s. He is said to have been the most technically advanced and perhaps greatest pianist of all time. He was also an important and influential composer, a notable piano teacher, a conductor who contributed significantly to the modern development of the art, and a benefactor to other composers and performers, notably Richard Wagner and Hector Berlioz.
As a composer, Liszt was one of the most prominent representatives of the "Neudeutsche Schule" ("New German School"). He left behind a huge and diverse body of work, in which he influenced his forward-looking contemporaries and anticipated some twentieth-century ideas and trends. Some of his most notable contributions were the invention of the symphonic poem, developing the concept of thematic transformation as part of his experiments in musical form and making radical departures in harmony.
Reminiscences de Robert le Diable
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ラ・カンパネラ 愛の鐘が鳴る 湧き起こる叢雲(むらくも)の響き たなびくプライド 虚ろな微笑み砕く 愛の無い欲望 見せかけの情熱 手を…
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Andrei Cristian Anghel
This piece contains incredible thematic combination. At 5:12, the 2:07 theme is placed in the LH and the 4:12 theme in the RH. At 6:16 the same thing is done in B major but at 6:25 the left-hand/right-hand treatment is inverted. At 8:49, the earlier 2:07 theme is placed in the RH and the 7:16 theme in the LH (again this is inverted at 8:59). Finally at 9:11, the earlier 2:07 theme (albeit more similar to its 6:25 RH treatment) is present in the RH simultaneously with the 1:33 theme in the LH. A phenomenal piece and a phenomenal performance. Thank you for sharing!
mazeppa1231
This is why I find studying Liszt's pieces on the score - especially in the reminiscences and the sonata in B minor - very fun.. You get to notice things like this and appreciate the thought behind these compositions a lot more.
AMGX
on a scale of 1 to 10 how much do you like the valse infernale 1st theme
thenameisgsarci
10 for me!
Alan Leonel David
Basically Liszt invented mashup. (Obviously not medieval music also exist)
PieInTheSky
This is one of Liszt's most commonly played pieces back when he was a young virtuoso doing recitals. It's easy to see why..
cynic150
Bravo Earl Wild! I heard him live in London once. The concert was so long that it was in three parts with two intervals. He liked Bosendorfer.
Marco V
Wow what an enjoyable listen! Pity we've submitted today to too much "puristic" hocus-pocus. What is wrong with a little showmanship? Liberace showed how important it was and I respect his achievement. That's the problem today, we like to resort to packaging it as "classical music" to be appreciated & admired by the learned, elite few. Liszt had no problem transcribing popular music as showy piano tunes and I don't think we should criticize today anyone who finds fun in doing the same!
Snorefest
0:34 That chord is just delicious
Christoph Clören
One of the most technical difficult virtuosos pieces I've ever seen ! And Earl Wild has bee a real "Devil Guy" on the piano !!