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Hungarian Romantic composer Franz Liszt (1811–1886) was especially prolific, composing more than 700 works. A virtuoso pianist himself, much of his output is dedicated to solo works for the instrument and is particularly technically demanding.
- Transcendental Études, Nos 1-12
- Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos 1-19
- Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos 1-6
- La Lugubre Gondola
- Mephisto Waltz No. 1
- Piano Sonata in B Minor
- A Faust Symphony
- Piano Concerto No. 1
- Piano Concerto No. 2
- Totentanz
The Transcendental Études are a set of twelve highly varied and technically demanding compositions that pushed contemporary pianos (and pianists!) to the limit. They cover a wide range of moods and require mastery of a variety of virtuosic techniques. The third and final version of the Transcendental Étudeswas published in 1852 and dedicated to pia...
The Hungarian Rhapsodiesare a set of 19 piano pieces based on Hungarian folk themes and noted for their difficulty. Liszt also arranged versions for orchestra, piano duet, and piano trio. Liszt incorporated many themes he heard in his native western Hungary, which he believed to be folk music though many were, in fact, tunes written by members of t...
The Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos 1-6 are among Liszt’s most extroverted and popular orchestral works. The Rhapsodies are based on Hungarian folk themes and, in their original piano form, are noted for their difficulty. The Hungarian Rhapsody No 2in C sharp minor is by far the most famous of the set. In both the original piano solo and orchestral arrang...
La Lugubre Gondola (The Black Gondola)is one of Liszt’s best late pieces. The deeply introspective piece was first inspired by a premonition Liszt had of Wagner’s death when in Venice in 1882 in response to the striking visions of funeral gondolas on the lagoons of Venice. Wagner, Liszt’s revered son-in-law, was carried to his final resting place i...
Mephisto Waltz No. 1 is the most popular of the four Mephisto Waltzes composed by Liszt. The Waltzesare named after the devil, Mephisto, in the German Faust legend. Liszt’s virtuoso music style is brilliantly displayed in these pieces, which also reflect his fascination with the devil and program music.
The Piano Sonata In B Minor is generally acknowledged to be Liszt’s masterpiece and is a model of his musical technique of thematic transformation. This vast, single-movement sonata for solo piano demands the utmost from the performer musically and technically and is one of Liszt’s best works. Liszt dedicated his Sonata to Robert Schumann in return...
A Faust Symphony In Three Character Pictures was inspired by Goethe’s drama Faust. Liszt does not attempt to tell the story of Faust but creates musical portraits of the three main characters. He developed his musical technique of thematic transformation, in which a musical idea is developed by undergoing various changes. Hector Berlioz had just co...
Franz Liszt composed his Piano Concerto No. 1in E flat major over a 26-year period. He wrote the main themes of his first piano concerto in 1830 when he was nineteen years old. The opening powerful motif contains the essential elements from which all subsequent themes are derived. The concerto’s three movements are joined seamlessly into a single l...
Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major is in one single long movement, divided into six sections, prompting some musicologists to view it as a symphonic poem with piano. Like Piano Concerto No. 1,the whole of this concerto derives from its opening melody, which is transformed throughout the piece.
Horrific scenes during the Paris cholera epidemic of 1832 inspired Liszt to use the Gregorian plainchant melody Dies Irae in a number of works, most notably in Totentanz (Dance Of Death) for piano and orchestra. Since it is based on Gregorian material, Liszt’s Totentanzcontains Medieval-sounding passages with canonic counterpoint, but the most inno...
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- Mephisto Waltz No.1. Liszt wrote four Mephisto Waltzes, named for one of the most renowned demons in German folk literature (also known as Mephistopheles).
- La Lugubre Gondola No.2. The dark and moody La Lugubre Gondola, which translates to The Black Gondola, is an important late work of Liszt’s. Whilst visiting his son-in-law and fellow composer, Richard Wagner, on Venice’s Grand Canal in late 1882, Liszt began composing the piece after having a premonition of Wagner’s death.
- Three Concert Études, No.3: Un sospiro. If there’s one hallmark of Liszt’s piano music, it’s his ability to pack an unthinkable number of notes into just a few seconds.
- Transcendental Études, No.4: Mazeppa. For much of the 1850s, Liszt must have been afflicted by the most terrible earworm – a tune so catchy that he had to use it in two different pieces of music for it to finally leave his head!
Mar 22, 2024 · Franz Liszt was the greatest piano virtuoso of his time. He was the first to give complete solo recitals as a pianist. He was a composer of enormous originality, extending harmonic language and anticipating the atonal music of the 20th century. He invented the symphonic poem for orchestra.
- How did Franz Liszt begin his career in music?Franz Liszt received piano lessons from his father at an early age. Showing interest in church and folk music, Liszt began to compose at age eight,...
- What did Franz Liszt do while in Weimar, Germany?Having performed all over Europe, Franz Liszt decided to settle in Weimar, Germany, in 1848 and focus on composition, with encouragement from the p...
- What was the role of religion in Franz Liszt’s life?As a teenager, Franz Liszt expressed a desire to become a priest, but this never happened. During his later years in Rome, he became increasingly o...
- How did Franz Liszt popularize the music of other composers?Franz Liszt encouraged the performance of the music of Johannes Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Hector Berlioz, and others by transcribing th...
Franz Liszt was without doubt one of the greatest (if not The Greatest) pianists of all time, as well as an innovating and visionary composer, in one word…a Genius! This set presents an extensive survey of Liszt’s piano works, grand scale or intimate, thundering or tender, passionate or devout.
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Here is all the scored videos of Liszt's solo piano works uploaded to YouTube so far, from original works S.136-S.254, transcriptions S.384-S.577, and other stuff after S.692b.
4.3 Orchestral Works; 4.4 Piano and Orchestra; 4.5 Other Instrumental Works; 4.6 Piano Solo; 4.7 Piano Duet (4 hands) 4.8 2 Pianos; 4.9 Organ; 4.10 Songs; 4.11 Other Vocal Works; 4.12 Recitations
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