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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.

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗵𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗿𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗵. 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗽. 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗮, 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁, 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲. (Friedrich Georg Papperitz, engraving)

Lola Montez, an Irish dancer, mistress of Ludwig I, King of Bavaria, with whom Liszt had one of his many love affairs.

Three of Liszt and Marie d'Agoult's children: Blandine, Cosima, and Daniel.

Franz Liszt in 1830. Unsigned oil painting.

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

Cosima Liszt, Siegfried Wagner, Richard Wagner

Franz Liszt

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟭-𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚é𝘇𝗮 𝗭𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘆 𝘇𝘂 𝗩á𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘆𝗸𝗲ö 𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟵-𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟰. 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝗱𝗲 𝗞𝗼𝘇𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟭. 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 The relationship between Franz Liszt (1811–1886) and Géza Zichy (1849–1924) stands as one of the…

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 and 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗵 were connected through musical collaboration in Liszt’s late Weimar years. 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝗮 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗵 was an American violinist, and the well-known 1885 photograph shows her with 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 in Weimar, where he…

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 - 1866

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁: 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗼. 𝟮 𝗶𝗻 𝗔 𝗠𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 - 𝗦𝘃𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘃 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 - 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 - 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟭, 𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccIvE3QnUFI

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁: 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗼. 𝟭 𝗶𝗻 𝗘-𝗳𝗹𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 - 𝗦𝘃𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘃 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 - 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟭, 𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG4yYc4vLfQ

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 - 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝟭-𝟭𝟬 (𝟭𝟴𝟰𝟲-𝟱𝟯) [𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘇𝗶𝗱𝗼𝗻] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1uIE_LRx7M 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁’𝘀 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘀. 𝟭–𝟭𝟬 belong to one of the most important and characteristic chapters in his entire piano output. Written principally between…

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁: 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗕 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗦.𝟭𝟳𝟴 - 𝗔𝗹𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfsY7shQNos 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁: 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗕 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗦.𝟭𝟳𝟴 — 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Franz Liszt’s 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗕 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗦.𝟭𝟳𝟴 stands as one…

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗼 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 Franz Liszt’s extraordinary life brought him into contact with nearly every major composer of the 19th century. From the final years of the Classical tradition…

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 (𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟭-𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟲). /𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿. 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗱, 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟰, 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗶, 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻-𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗗𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗭 𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗭𝗧 (𝗝𝗨𝗟𝗬 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟲) 𝗜. 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗡 In the summer of 1886, the once-brilliant light of Franz Liszt began to dim. He was 𝟳𝟰 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗹𝗱, frail,…

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝘂𝗽𝗶𝗹, 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻. 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻, 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹, 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟲

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟭-𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟲. 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵 𝗯𝘆 𝗝. 𝗚𝗮𝗻𝘇, 𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟮.