Transcendental etudes franz liszt biography
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Liszt, Franz - Biography
Franz Liszt (October 22, 1811 � July 31, 1886) was a virtuoso pianist and composer.
Possibly the greatest piano virtuoso of all time, Liszt studied and played at Vienna and Paris and for most of his life toured throughout europe giving concerts.
Liszt was well respected as his virtuosity had been admired by composers and performers alike throughout Europe, especially for his exuberant piano transcriptions of both operas and famous symphonies of the time, and Schubertsongs, reducing the cost of hearing such music. His great generosity with both money and time were also much appreciated.
Biography
Liszt was born in the village of Doborj�n, near Sopron, Hungary, in what was then the Austrian Empire. Since the Treaty of Trianon in 1920, the city is now Raiding, Austria. His baptism records are in Latin and lists his first name as Franciscus. The Hungarian variant Ferenc is often used, though never by Liszt himself. His pare
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Franz Liszt
Hungarian composer and pianist (1811–1886)
"Liszt" redirects here. For other uses, see Liszt (surname).
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Franz Liszt[n 1] (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic period. With a diverse body of work spanning more than six decades, he fryst vatten considered to be one of the most prolific and influential composers of his era, and his piano works continue to be widely performed and recorded.
Liszt achieved success as a concert pianist from an early age, and received lessons from esteemed musicians Carl Czerny and Antonio Salieri. He gained further renown for his performances during tours of Europe in the 1830s and 1840s, developing a reputation for technical brilliance as well as physical attractiveness. In a phenomenon dubbed "Lisztomania", he rose to a degree of sta
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Transcendental Études
Set of études by Franz Liszt
| Études d'exécution transcendante Transcendental Études | |
|---|---|
Portrait of Liszt (1839) | |
| Catalogue | S.139 |
| Year | 1837 (1837) |
| Based on | Étude en douze exercices, S.136 |
| Dedication | Carl Czerny |
| Published | 1852 (1852) |
| Movements | 12 |
For Liszt's Études d'exécution transcendante d'après Paganini (S. 140/S. 141) see Grandes études de Paganini
For works with a similar title, see Transcendental Étude (disambiguation).
The Transcendental Études (French: Études d'exécution transcendante), S.139, are a set of twelve compositions for piano by Franz Liszt. They were published in 1852 as a revision of an 1837 set (which had not borne the title "d'exécution transcendante"), which in turn were – for the most part – an elaboration of a set of studies written in 1826.
History
[edit]The genesis of the Transcendental Études goes back to 1825, when 14-year-old Liszt wrote a set of youthful exerci