Franz Liszt

By: Ruth RichardsonMusic 1010-048

Born on October 22, 1811

Adam Liszt loved music

Franz learned to play piano at the age of 6

Franz was given his first piano at 7 years old

Franz, age 12

Mastered pieces by Hummel and Bach

Czerny agreed to be piano teacher to Franz

Prince finally agrees to let Adam move Franz to Vienna

First concert in 1820

Noblemen offered to pay for Franz’s education

Franz and family arrive in Vienna in 1822

Salieri also starts to teach Franz

Franz meets Beethoven

Franz plays piano for Beethoven

Franz spends 25 years doing Beethoven’s nine symphonies

Liszt is responsible for Beethoven statue erected in 1845

Beethoven Statue, Bonn

Franz and family move to Paris

Franz meets Sebastian Erard

Franz given a new 7 octave piano

Franz advertised as and Erard artist

Erard Piano

Teachers are Reicha and Paer

Liszt debut in March of 1824

Franz played at Windsor Castle in England

Don Sanche performed in October 1825

Adam Liszt dies

Windsor Castle, England

Making living as a piano teacher

Falls in love with one of his students

Franz becomes very ill

Wants to join the Priesthood

Franz’s interest in music is piqued again

Determined to do on piano what Paganini does on violin

Meets Hector Berlioz in 1832

Meets Fredric Chopin

Niccolo Paganini

Liszt finds love again

Has 3 children

Elopes to Switzerland

Travelled Europe and Asia Minor from 1838-1847

Returns to Paris in 1844

Liszt performing at the piano. The year is 1840; the place is a salon in Paris. His audience includes famous writers and musicians, (left to right) Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo, Georges Sand, Niccolo Paganini, and Gioacchinio Rossini, as well as Liszt's mistress, the Countess Marie d'Agoult.

Returns to Hungary

Writes Hungarian Rhapsodies

Meets Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein

Ends career to focus on composing

Settles in Weimar, Germany

Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein

Franz Liszt

Moves to Rome with the Princess

Writes religious music

Daughter dies, inspiring Franz to write Weinen,Kalgan

Moves back to Weimar in 1869

Last performance on July 19, 1886

Dies July 31, 1886

La Campanellahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEnfZjqMSy0

Means little bells

First hear played by Paganini on violin

Liszt originally wrote as Paganini Etudes

Duple/Compound meter

Medium Tempo

Major Mode

Liebestraumhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYvGOC7bDBI

Published about 1850

Means Dreams of Love

3 Movements based off poems that represented different types of love

Common Meter

Slow Tempo

Major Mode