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Musical works of Franz Liszt. Appearance. Although Franz Liszt provided opus numbers for some of his earlier works, they are rarely used today. Instead, his works are usually identified using one of two different cataloging schemes:
- 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!
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- Transcendental Études, Nos 1-12. The Transcendental Études are a set of twelve highly varied and technically demanding compositions that pushed contemporary pianos (and pianists!)
- Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos 1-19. The Hungarian Rhapsodies are 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.
- Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos 1-6. 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.
- La Lugubre Gondola. 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.
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.
May 31, 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.
- 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,...
- Having performed all over Europe, Franz Liszt decided to settle in Weimar, Germany, in 1848 and focus on composition, with encouragement from the p...
- 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...
- Franz Liszt encouraged the performance of the music of Johannes Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Hector Berlioz, and others by transcribing th...
Dec 18, 2018 · Franz Liszt was one of the most influential and controversial figures in Romantic music. His reputation as a formidable and almost unrivalled virtuoso pianist of his time is justly deserved and can be easily seen through many of his piano compositions.
The best-known portion of Liszt's music is his original piano work. During the Weimar period he composed the first 15 Hungarian Rhapsodies, themselves revisions of his earlier Magyar Dalok/Rhapsódiák, which were influenced by the Romani bands he heard while visiting Hungary.
