Franz Liszt

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October 22, 1811 - July 31, 1886, he died aged 74 and was Hungarian.
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An artist with 222 releases, and credited 77 times on others' music. 182 collaborations.

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Detail of a photo by Franz Hanfstaengl, 1858Franz Liszt (October 22, 1811 - July 31, 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher.

Liszt became renowned throughout Europe for his great skill as a performer during the 19th century. 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, Hector Berlioz, Camille Saint-Saëns, Edvard Grieg and Alexander Borodin.

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 20th-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.

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Franz Liszt

Photo by Franz Hanfstaengl, 1858 (detail)

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Discography

(298 releases – 222 under his own name and 77 credits on others' music) Edit

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Franz Liszt: Liebestraum cello and piano
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