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𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 - 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟭𝟬 — 𝗚𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗠 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄, 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 (𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟳) If the…

Cosima Liszt / Franz Liszt / Richard Wagner

1870: Writer, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘆, 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲 𝗱’𝗔𝗴𝗼𝘂𝗹𝘁 (1805–1876), pseudonym 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻, mistress of the composer 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁, and mother of 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗮, who became the wife of 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Franz Liszt, 1866

𝗔 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲́𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁. 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗳 𝗞𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝗛𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘇, 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗖𝘇𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘆, 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗘𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁. 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵 𝗯𝘆 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗳 𝗞𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟲.

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗱𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹.

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟵 — 𝗔𝗡 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 (𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝟮) 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗳𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗸𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲 (𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟱–𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟲) If the first half of Schubert’s expanding world was marked by…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟴 — 𝗔𝗡 𝗘𝗫𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹, 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 (𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟱–𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟲, 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗜)…

𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁 - 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗻𝘆 Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major, WAB 104 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Konwitschny

Franz Liszt statue outside of the Hungarian National Opera House - Budapest

Bust of Franz Liszt in Margaret Island (Budapest)

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮 — 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 (𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟭–𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟲) 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘇 was born in 𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟭 and was baptized as 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀, although throughout his life he would be known by many variations of that name: 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻ç𝗼𝗶𝘀, 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇, 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼, and…

𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐳 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐳𝐭, 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝟏𝟖𝟑𝟗. 𝐎𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐢 𝐋𝐞𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧.

𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐳𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐳 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐡 𝐈 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐁𝐨̈𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨. 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧.

Franz Liszt in 1830. Unsigned oil painting.

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻. 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗮, 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀.

Heinrich Ignaz Franz 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿 (1644–1704) was a 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 composer and violin 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗼𝘀𝗼. He is best known for the 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀, famous for their technical brilliance and 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮. He worked in 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘇𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 and became one…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟳 — 𝗙𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 (𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟯–𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟰) If Chapter 6 revealed the existence of 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 within…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟲 — 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗦 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 (𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟯–𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟰) With Chapter 6, Schubert’s life enters one of its most revealing and painful…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟱 — 𝗟𝗔 𝗗𝗢𝗟𝗖𝗘 𝗩𝗜𝗧𝗔 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗹𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 (𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟬–𝟭𝟴𝟮𝟮) If the preceding years had been marked…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟰 — 𝗢𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻𝘀 (𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟳–𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟵) With this fourth chapter, Schubert’s life begins to open outward in…

Franz Liszt

Franz Schubert

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝟯 — 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗟𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 (𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟰–𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟲) With this third chapter, the young Schubert…