Franz Liszt was a Hungarian virtuoso pianist and one of the most important composers of the Romantic era. He is best known for his virtuoso piano compositions ... and its themes have also served ...

On his latest album Liszt: Via Crucis & Solo Piano Works for Sony Classical ... performed in the composer's lifetime. It wasn't until 1929 that the work was given its first airing, on Good ...

Tomorrow is the 200th birthday of composer and pianist Franz Liszt ... of playing." Liszt's music has waxed and waned in popularity over the years. Some complain that its reliance on thousands ...

Franz Liszt combined ... fact invented by Liszt. “My piano is the repository of all that stirred my nature in the impassioned days of my youth,” Liszt once confessed. “I confided to it all my desires, ...

And surprisingly, it has its roots ... Images Liszt was a great showman who delighted audiences with his renditions of fiendishly difficult works (Credit: De Agosttini/Getty Images) Franz Liszt ...

so it’s left out,” said L. Thomas Vining, the Oratorio Society’s director. So why is it performed so infrequently? “Because it was composed by Liszt after he went into the monastery ...

Menter met Liszt in Vienna in 1869, where she quickly became his protégé. The two remained lifelong friends, and the composer himself referred to her as “my only piano daughter”. Franz Liszt and ...

On his latest album Liszt: Via Crucis & Solo Piano Works for Sony Classical ... performed in the composer's lifetime. It wasn't until 1929 that the work was given its first airing, on Good ...