Franz Liszt
Country of origin:
Hungary
Birthday:
October 22, 1811
Date of death:
July 31, 1886
Upcoming Performances
Orpheus
Conductor: Ari Rasilainen
Orchestra: WDR Funkhausorchester Köln
March 21, 2025 |
Köln (Deutschland) , Funkhaus Wallrafplatz — World Premiere
About Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer and pianist, one of the most famous piano virtuosos of his time and protagonist of the New German School.Life:
Liszt studied in Vienna with Carl Czerny (piano) and Antonio Salieri (music theory), later in Paris with Ferdinando Paer (harmony) and Anton Reicha (composition), and undertook concert tours in France and to London. In Paris he met the composers Gioacchino Rossini, Fryderyk Chopin, Hector Berlioz, Vincenzo Bellini, Giacomo Meyerbeer, and Niccolò Paganini, among others, of whose works he wrote individual arrangements which marked the transition to an extremely virtuoso piano style. In addition, he received literary impressions from writers such as Victor Hugo and Alphonse de Lamartine which he processed in his later compositions. From 1835 he lived with Comtesse Marie Cathérine Sophie d'Agoult (*1805, 1876; known as a writer under the pseudonym of Daniel Stern) in Geneva and Italy; best known among their three children is Cosima for being the wife of Richard Wagner from 1870.
Extended concert tours took Liszt to Vienna, Hungary, Berlin and Russia, among other places. In Kiev he met Princess Carolyn Sayn-Wittgenstein (*1819, 1887) who followed him to Weimar where he had been appointed court music director in 1842 and advocated especially performances of contemporary works (Schumann, Berlioz, Wagner). In Weimar, Liszt was the centre of a circle of students (Peter Cornelius, Joseph Raff, Hans von Bülow, Carl Tausig) whose ideas on music and style found expression in the New German School and became known to a wide public through the Allgemeiner Deutscher Musikverein and the magazine »Neue Zeitschrift für Musik«. After some intrigue about the performance of the »Barber of Baghdad« (1858) by Cornelius he resigned from his post as director of the opera in Weimar and went to Rome where he took minor orders, becoming the Abbé Liszt, when his plans to marry the Princess did not come to fruition. In 1875 he became the first president of the newly founded Hungarian Academy of Music in Budapest.
Work:
Liszt was the creator of a new kind of piano music which for the first time went far beyond the technique applied in the study works by Czerny and Friedrich Kalkbrenner, using the whole keyboard and playing with chords and octaves (in different registers), ornaments, leaps, parallel chords or octaves and wide arpeggios. Thus, he achieved differentiated possibilities of tonal expression for the piano (following partly the example of the effects achieved by Paganini on the violin). He was also one of the first pianists to perform without an orchestra: The melody of his piano works is characterized by a vocal line. As for the harmony, he started from Chopin, Schubert and the music theoretician François-Joseph Fétis and exerted his influence to Wagner, the Impressionist sound world of Debussy and (through quartal harmony, polytonality) into 20th-century music. With orchestral works he created the symphonic poem, most of them one-movement programme compositions in which a poetic text (sometimes even an illustration) was set to music.
Liszt's sacred and liturgical works show influences of the Caecilian movement and combine characteristic features of his own tonal language with Gregorian elements. As a reformer, he was eventually active in the field of organization of the musical life. For example, he advocated the improvement of the artist's status, music lessons at primary schools and the organization of music festivals. As a co-founder of the Allgemeiner Deutscher Musikverein, he created a platform for contemporary music.
Works:
Orchestral works: Symphonic poems: Tasso (1849); Prometheus (1850); Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne (1850); Orpheus (1854); Mazeppa (1854); Les Préludes (1854); Hungaria (1856); Die Ideale (1857); Hunnenschlacht (1857); Faust Symphony (1857); Symphony of Dante's Divina commedia (1857); Hamlet (1858); Trois odes funèbres (1860, 1864, 1866); Two Episodes from Lenau's Faust (1861; No.2: »Mephisto Waltz«).
Works for piano and orchestra: Concerto No. 2 in A major (1839, revisions until 1861); Concerto No. 1 in E flat major (1849).
Piano works: Étude pour le pianoforte en quarante-huit exercices (1826, only 12 Études published; new version in 1838; as Études d'exécution transcendante, 1851); Grande fantaisie de bravoure sur la Clochette de Paganini (1832); Apparitions (1834); Années de pèlerinages (between 1835 and 1877, including the Dante Sonata, 1858, and Venezia e Napoli, 1859); Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (184552); Consolations (1849); Sonata in B minor (1853); 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies (published from 1851).
Organ works: Prelude and Fugue on the Name of Bach (1855; 2nd version 1870); Variations based on the chromatically descending bass line of Bach's cantata »Weinen, Klagen« (1863).
Vocal works: Oratorio »Christus« for soprano, alto, baritone, bass, choir, orchestra and organ (185566); oratorio »The Legend of St. Elizabeth« for soprano, alto, baritone, bass, choir, orchestra and organ (185762); Missa choralis for four solo voices, choir and orchestra (1865); Hungarian Coronation Mass for three solo voices, choir and orchestra (1867); Requiem for four solo voices, male choir, organ and brass (1868); Cantico del Sol di S. Francesco Assisi for baritone, male choir, organ and orchestra (1862; revised in 1880); Legend of »Sainte Cécile« for mezzo-soprano, choir and orchestra (1874); 82 songs.
Worklist
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Etude en douze exercicesComposer: Franz LisztEditor: Christian UbberMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: UrtextSeries: Wiener Urtext Edition
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: UT50232Print editionPrint editionIn stock€18.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
Composer: Franz LisztEditor: Hideo KobayashiMedia Type: Sheet musicSeries: zen-on piano library
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: ZO 114020Print editionPrint editionIn stock€22.95Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
Composer: Franz Liszt | Franz SchubertMedia Type: Sheet musicSeries: zen-on piano library
Instrumentation: piano with lyricsLanguage: German, JapaneseProduct number: ZO 101874Print editionPrint editionIn stock€28.95Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
Composer: Franz LisztEditor: Robert ColletMedia Type: E-score PDFEdition: Study scoreSeries: Eulenburg Miniature Scores
Instrumentation: orchestraProduct number: ETP 1361 Q4651E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€12.99Incl. Tax -
für Klavier und OrchesterComposer: Franz LisztMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: piano and orchestraHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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Composer: Franz LisztEditor: Karl KlindworthSeries: Edition Schott
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED 20657Product TypeIn stockAs low as €8.99Incl. Tax -
in three Character-PicturesComposer: Franz LisztEdition: Study scoreSeries: Eulenburg Miniature Scores
Instrumentation: tenor, men's choir and orchestraProduct number: ETP 477Product TypeIn stockAs low as €18.99Incl. Tax -
A majorComposer: Franz LisztEditor: Nils Franke | Ates OrgaMedia Type: E-score PDFInstrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED 9054 Q17257E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€1.99Incl. Tax
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E majorComposer: Franz LisztEditor: Nils Franke | Ates OrgaMedia Type: E-score PDFInstrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED 9054 Q17255E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€1.99Incl. Tax
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Selected by Nils Franke and Ates OrgaComposer: Franz LisztEditor: Nils Franke | Ates OrgaSeries: Schott Piano Classics
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Prière aux Anges GardiensComposer: Franz LisztArranger: Fritz VolbachSeries: Schott Archive
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Prière aux Anges gardiensComposer: Franz LisztArranger: Walter BacheEdition: Individual part, DoublebassSeries: Edition Schott
Instrumentation: string quartet or string quintet (string orchestra)Product number: BSS 24427-15Product TypeIn stockAs low as €3.99Incl. Tax -
Prière aux Anges gardiensComposer: Franz LisztArranger: Walter BacheEdition: Individual part, CelloSeries: Edition Schott
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Prière aux Anges gardiensComposer: Franz LisztArranger: Walter BacheEdition: Individual part, ViolaSeries: Edition Schott
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Prière aux Anges gardiensComposer: Franz LisztArranger: Walter BacheEdition: Individual part, Violin IISeries: Edition Schott
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Prière aux Anges gardiensComposer: Franz LisztArranger: Walter BacheEdition: Individual part, Violin ISeries: Edition Schott
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Prière aux Anges gardiensComposer: Franz LisztArranger: Walter BacheEdition: ScoreSeries: Edition Schott
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Fantasia quasi SonataComposer: Franz LisztArranger: Helmut DeutschSeries: Edition Schott
Instrumentation: organProduct number: ED 21091Product TypeIn stockAs low as €16.99Incl. Tax -
from "Années de pélerinage"Composer: Franz LisztEditor: Karl KlindworthSeries: Edition Schott - Single Edition
Instrumentation: PianoProduct number: ED0 6270Product TypeIn stockAs low as €3.99Incl. Tax -
Composer: Franz LisztMedia Type: Sheet musicSeries: Music for Piano, 524
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: ZO 8002078Print editionPrint editionIn stock€7.95Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
Composer: Franz LisztEditor: Klaus Heizmann | Wilhelm LuettichMedia Type: E-score PDFInstrumentation: mixed choirLanguage: French, German, Latin, EnglishProduct number: ED 20769 Q14287E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€1.99Incl. Tax
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Composer: Franz LisztEditor: Juergen GeigerSeries: Edition Schott
Instrumentation: organProduct number: ED 21322Product TypeIn stockAs low as €8.99Incl. Tax -
Original Compositions and Arrangements for OrchestraComposer: Ferruccio Busoni | Alfredo Casella | Antonín Dvořák | Paul Haletzki | Zoltán Kodály | Franz Liszt | Darius Milhaud | Modest Moussorgsky | Edmund Nick | Sergei Wassiljewitsch Rachmaninoff | Cyril Scott | Friedrich Smetana | Heitor Villa-Lobos | Bernd Alois ZimmermannArranger: Bernd Alois ZimmermannInterpreter: Sarah Wegener | Marcus Weiss | Ueli WigetConductor: Heinz HolligerOrchestra/ensemble: WDR SinfonieorchesterMedia Type: 3 CDsProduct number: WER 73872CDCDIn stock€39.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Symphonic Poem No. 1Composer: Franz LisztMedia Type: E-score PDFEdition: Study scoreSeries: Eulenburg Miniature Scores
Instrumentation: orchestraProduct number: ETP 447 Q50143E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€14.99Incl. Tax -
33 pièces faciles pour piano avec conseils d'exerciceComposer: Frédéric Chopin | Ferdinand von Hiller | Franz LisztEditor: Nils FrankeMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: UrtextSeries: Urtext Primo - ein neues Konzept für den Einstieg in die Klavierliteratur, Vol. 5
Wiener Urtext Edition, Vol. 5
Instrumentation: pianoLanguage: French, SpanishProduct number: UT52010Print editionPrint editionIn stock€15.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
Vol. 5 | 33 easy piano pieces with practising TipsComposer: Frédéric Chopin | Ferdinand von Hiller | Franz LisztEditor: Nils FrankeMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: UrtextSeries: Urtext Primo - ein neues Konzept für den Einstieg in die Klavierliteratur, Vol. 5
Wiener Urtext Edition, Vol. 5
Instrumentation: pianoLanguage: German, EnglishProduct number: UT52009Print editionPrint editionIn stock€15.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
Lionel Rogg plays the Van den Heuvel organ of the Victoria Hall in GenevaComposer: Georges Bizet | Franz Liszt | Lionel Rogg | Louis Vierne | Charles-Marie Widor | César FranckInterpreter: Lionel RoggMedia Type: CDProduct number: ORG 70052CDCDIn stock€12.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Franz LisztMedia Type: Sheet music with CDInstrumentation: PianoProduct number: MMO 3020Print edition + CDPrint edition + CDOut of stock€31.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Composer: Franz LisztEditor: Hans-Guenter HeumannMedia Type: E-score PDFInstrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED 20573 Q37E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€2.99Incl. Tax
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Edited from the sources by Sabine Ziegler, Preface and Notes on interpretation by Christian Ubber and Lina RamannComposer: Franz LisztEditor: Sabine ZieglerMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: UrtextSeries: Wiener Urtext Edition
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: UT50165Print editionPrint editionIn stock€16.50Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
Composer: Franz LisztEditor: August Schmid-LindnerSeries: Edition Schott - Single Edition
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED0 6474Product TypeIn stockAs low as €4.99Incl. Tax -
Composer: Franz LisztEditor: Imre SulyokMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: Study scoreSeries: Eulenburg Miniature Scores
Instrumentation: soloists (SATB), choir and orchestraLanguage: LatinProduct number: ETP 941Print editionPrint editionIn stock€17.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
Concert StudyComposer: Franz LisztEditor: August Schmid-LindnerSeries: Edition Schott - Single Edition
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED0 6455Product TypeIn stockAs low as €3.99Incl. Tax -
for Dantes Divina CommediaComposer: Franz LisztEditor: Imre SulyokEdition: Study scoreSeries: Eulenburg Miniature Scores
Instrumentation: female choir and orchestraProduct number: ETP 590Product TypeIn stockAs low as €17.99Incl. Tax -
Edition: Separate editionInstrumentation: PianoProduct number: ED0 6517Product TypeIn stockAs low as €3.99Incl. Tax
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Composer: Franz Liszt | Franz SchubertArranger: August Schmid-LindnerInstrumentation: PianoProduct number: ED0 6518Product TypeIn stockAs low as €5.99Incl. Tax
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für Singstimme und Orchester bearbeitet von Bernd Alois ZimmermannComposer: Franz LisztArranger: Bernd Alois ZimmermannMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: voice and orchestraLanguage: GermanHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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Composer: Franz Liszt | Franz SchubertMedia Type: Sheet musicSeries: Music for Piano, 523
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: ZO 911523Print editionPrint editionIn stock€7.95Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
Klangdokumente mit den Michaelis-Organisten Alfred Sittard (um 1928), Gerhard Dickel (2001), Christoph Schöner (2002/10/11)Print editionPrint editionIn stock€5.00Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping
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Symphonic Poem No. 12Composer: Franz LisztMedia Type: E-score PDFEdition: Study scoreSeries: Eulenburg Miniature Scores
Instrumentation: orchestraLanguage: German, EnglishProduct number: ETP 458 Q4385E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€11.99Incl. Tax -
für Kornett und OrchesterComposer: Franz LisztArranger: Eduard BraunMedia Type: Hire/performance materialEdition: Performance materialInstrumentation: cornet and orchestraHire/performance materialHire/performance material
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Nocturne No. 3Composer: Franz LisztEdition: erleichterte FassungSeries: Edition Schott
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from: Notturno Nr. 3Composer: Franz LisztArranger: Martin HegelMedia Type: E-score PDFInstrumentation: guitarProduct number: ED 21908 Q44866E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€1.99Incl. Tax
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Composer: Franz LisztArranger: Carsten GerlitzMedia Type: E-score PDFInstrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED 20962 Q21168E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€2.99Incl. Tax
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from: 3 Notturnos for the PianoforteArranger: Hans-Guenter HeumannComposer: Franz LisztMedia Type: E-score PDFInstrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED 23853 Q779475E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€1.99Incl. Tax
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Composer: Franz LisztEditor: Monika TwelsiekMedia Type: E-score PDFInstrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED 9045 Q23290E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€2.99Incl. Tax
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Composer: Franz LisztEditor: Hans-Guenter HeumannMedia Type: E-score PDFInstrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED 20573 Q38E-score PDFE-score PDFIn stock€2.99Incl. Tax
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Edited from the sources by Jochen ReutterComposer: Franz LisztEditor: Ignaz Friedman | Hans WeberMedia Type: Sheet musicEdition: UrtextSeries: Wiener Urtext Edition
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: UT50164Print editionPrint editionIn stock€12.95Incl. Tax, Excl. Shipping -
No. 3 A flat Major "O lieb', so lang du lieben kannst"Composer: Franz LisztEditor: August Schmid-LindnerSeries: Edition Schott - Single Edition
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No. 2 E MajorComposer: Franz LisztEditor: August Schmid-LindnerSeries: Edition Schott - Single Edition
Instrumentation: pianoProduct number: ED0 6481Product TypeIn stockAs low as €3.99Incl. Tax
Performances
Orpheus
Conductor: Ari Rasilainen
Orchestra: WDR Funkhausorchester Köln
March 21, 2025 |
Köln (Deutschland) , Funkhaus Wallrafplatz — World Premiere