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Franz Liszt

Hungarian composer and pianist of the Romantic period.

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Franz Liszt

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His piano works continue to be widely performed and recorded.[1] He was born on 22 October 1811 in the village of Doborján (now Raiding, Austria).[2]

Life and work

His first public concert was in Sopron in 1820 at the age of nine.[2] He moved to Paris in 1823 but was refused entry to the Conservatoire de Paris because it did not accept foreigners.[3] Liszt studied under Anton Reicha and Ferdinando Paer, and staged his only opera, Don Sanche, shortly before his fourteenth birthday.[3] After his father died in 1827, Liszt gave up touring and earned money by giving lessons on piano and composition.[4]

In 1833, Liszt began a relationship with the Countess Marie d'Agoult, and they travelled around Switzerland and Italy.[5][6] After separating from Marie, Liszt toured Europe and his concerts in Berlin in 1841-1842 marked the start of "Lisztomania"[7] He died during the Bayreuth festival near midnight on 31 July 1886 at the age of 74.[8] Before reaching five years of age, Franz was already improvising at the piano.[2]

On 1 December 1822, Liszt's first public performance in Vienna proved to be highly successful.[9]

What the cited sources add

The claim that Liszt was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, and teacher of the Romantic period is supported by Botstein 2011, Eckhardt Mueller Walker 2001, and Deaville 2005.[1] Details of Liszt's birth and early childhood are backed by Walker 1987, Walker 1971, and Ramann 1882.[2]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Franz Liszt" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Botstein 2011; Eckhardt Mueller Walker 2001, p. §28; Deaville 2005, p. 56 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Franz Liszt" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Walker 1987, p. xviii; Walker 1971, p. 15; Walker 1971, p. 15; Ramann 1882, p. [https://archive.org/details/franzlisztartist01ramauoft/page/6/mode/2up 7]; Walker 1971, p. 15; Ramann 1882, p. [https://archive.org/details/franzlisztartist01ramauoft/page/6/mode/2up 7]; Walker 1971, p. 15; Ramann 1882, p. [https://archive.org/details/franzlisztartist01ramauoft/page/6/mode/2up 7] (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Franz Liszt" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Whitelaw 2021; Walker 1971, p. 15 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Franz Liszt" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Whitelaw 2021 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Franz Liszt" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Eckhardt Mueller Walker 2001, p. §28; Eckhardt Mueller Walker 2001, p. §28; Hilmes 2016, p. 54–55; Celenza 2021; Eckhardt Mueller Walker 2001, p. §28 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Franz Liszt" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jost 2021; Jost 2020; Hilmes 2016, p. 54–55 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Franz Liszt" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Eckhardt Mueller Walker 2001, p. §28; Schonberg 1997, p. 199; Eckhardt Mueller Walker 2001, p. §28; Walker 1987, p. xviii; Hensher 2016; Burton-Hill 2016; Walker 1987, p. xviii; Hilmes 2016, p. 54–55 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Franz Liszt" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Schmalhausen 2002, p. 14,16; Eckhardt Mueller Walker 2001, p. §28; Schmalhausen 2002, p. 14,16 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Franz Liszt" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ramann 1882, p. [https://archive.org/details/franzlisztartist01ramauoft/page/6/mode/2up 7]; Sitwell 1967, p. 57; Whitelaw 2021 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org

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